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§8629 Studies and Reports

Title 42 › CHAPTER 94 — LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE › § 8629

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, after talking with the Secretary of Energy, must collect data about home energy use. This includes things like energy use and fuel types and costs for households getting help under this program, fuel use by income groups, how many and what income levels of households are helped, how many helped households include people 60 or older, disabled, or young children, and any other information the Secretary finds reasonably needed. The Secretary does not have to collect data already provided by another federal agency. By June 30 of each fiscal year, the Secretary must send Congress a report with the prior fiscal year’s data. The report must also describe how States carry out the requirements in clauses (2), (5), (8), and (15) of section 8624(b) and how each State’s program affected recipient and eligible households.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §8629

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(a)The Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall provide for the collection of data, including—
(1)information concerning home energy consumption;
(2)the amount, cost and type of fuels used for households eligible for assistance under this subchapter;
(3)the type of fuel used by various income groups;
(4)the number and income levels of households assisted by this subchapter;
(5)the number of households which received such assistance and include one or more individuals who are 60 years or older or disabled or include young children; and
(6)any other information which the Secretary determines to be reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
Nothing in this subsection may be construed to require the Secretary to collect data which has been collected and made available to the Secretary by any other agency of the Federal Government.
(b)The Secretary shall, no later than June 30 of each fiscal year, submit a report to the Congress containing a detailed compilation of the data under subsection (a) with respect to the prior fiscal year, and a report that describes for the prior fiscal year—
(1)the manner in which States carry out the requirements of clauses (2), (5), (8), and (15) of section 8624(b) of this title; and
(2)the impact of each State’s program on recipient and eligible households.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103–252, § 311(c)(7)(A), struck out semicolon after “used” and inserted semicolon after “subchapter”. Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 103–252, § 311(c)(7)(B), substituted “disabled or include young children” for “handicapped”. 1986—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–425 inserted provisions relating to report describing for prior fiscal year the manner of carrying out requirements of clauses of section 8624 of this title and impact of State programs on recipient and eligible households. 1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–558, § 607(c), inserted at end “Nothing in this subsection may be construed to require the Secretary to collect data which has been collected and made available to the Secretary by any other agency of the Federal Government.” Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 98–558, § 607(a), inserted “amount,” before “cost” and inserted at end “for households eligible for assistance under this subchapter”. Subsec. (a)(5), (6). Pub. L. 98–558, § 607(b), added par. (5) and redesignated former par. (5) as (6). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–558, § 607(d), in amending subsec. (b) generally, inserted “no later than June 30 of each fiscal year,” and substituted “a detailed compilation of the data under subsection (a) with respect to the prior fiscal year” for “a summary of data collected under subsection (a)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–252 effective Oct. 1, 1994, see section 314 of Pub. L. 103–252, set out as a note under section 8621 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1986 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–425 effective Oct. 1, 1986, see section 1001 of Pub. L. 99–425, set out as a note under section 8621 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98–558 applicable to data collected and compiled after Oct. 30, 1984, and this section as in effect before Oct. 30, 1984, applicable with respect to the report submitted under this section for fiscal year 1984, see section 609(d) of Pub. L. 98–558, set out as a note under section 8621 of this title. Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which the 12th item on page 93 identifies a reporting provision which, as amended, is contained in subsec. (b) of this section), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 8629

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110