PRINTER'S NO. 3229
No. 303 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY CAPPABIANCA, MARCH 13, 1996
ADOPTED, MARCH 13, 1996
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Governor to extend the Low-Income Home Energy
2 Assistance Crisis Program to prevent potential utility
3 shutoffs.
4 WHEREAS, The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
5 (LIHEAP) serves Pennsylvania citizens with great needs,
6 including senior citizens who make less than $8,000 a year and
7 the working poor; and
8 WHEREAS, Because of Federal budget cuts, hundreds of
9 thousands of Pennsylvanians have been cut from the program this
10 winter; and
11 WHEREAS, The cash LIHEAP program has already ended for the
12 year, and the crisis LIHEAP program is scheduled to end on March
13 15; and
14 WHEREAS, The Department of Public Welfare reports that, as of
15 March 1, 1996, millions of dollars of LIHEAP funds are
16 available; and
17 WHEREAS, When public utilities begin to terminate thousands
18 of Pennsylvanians from utility service on April 1, LIHEAP
1 programs will have already ended; and
2 WHEREAS, Public charities across this Commonwealth report
3 that they will not have available funds on hand at that time to
4 prevent utility terminations; therefore be it
5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the Governor
6 to keep LIHEAP open past April 15 as long as any funds are
7 available; and be it further
8 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be respectfully
9 transmitted to the Governor.
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