House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
LIHEAP Act
Official title: To change certain household income eligibility requirements for low-income home energy assistance in fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Pappas D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10588.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 152, September 24, 2026, Page H6005):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10588, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10588
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 5, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 6, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 5, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas.
- H.R. 2954 (119th) Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025
- H.R. 4413 (119th) End the Cyprus Embargo Act
- H.R. 8019 (119th) U.S.-Greece Defense Cooperation Advancement Act
- H.R. 7802 (119th) DISCLOSE Act of 2026
- H.R. 1732 (119th) GUARD VA Benefits Act
- H.R. 4197 (119th) LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 8764 (117th) LIHEAP ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 6, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.