Sec. 6. Additional cooling assistance for heat waves
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Section 2604 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 ( 42 U.S.C. 8623 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this subsection: The term additional cooling assistance means cooling assistance provided under this subsection. The term extreme heat means heat that exceeds local climatological norms in terms of any 1 or more of the following: Duration. Intensity. Season length. Frequency. The term heat means any 1 or more of the parameters associated with increasing human temperature, such as air temperature, humidity, solar exposure, and low wind speed.
The term heat event means an occurrence of extreme heat that may have heat-health implications. The term heat-health means health effects to humans from heat, during or outside of heat events, including from vulnerability and exposure, or the risk of such effects. From funds made available under section 2602(f), the Secretary may provide grants to eligible entities, which shall be States, territories, or Indian Tribes, for additional cooling assistance for heat events. The Secretary shall determine an allocation plan for providing eligible entities with funding through the grants to help eligible households respond to heat events.
To receive assistance under this subsection, an eligible entity shall provide assurances to the Secretary that— the eligible entity will not preclude a household that receives heating assistance under this title during a calendar year, on the basis of obtaining that assistance, from receiving cooling assistance under this title during that year; and the eligible entity will not require a household to indicate that a household member has a medical need for cooling assistance under this title, to be eligible for that assistance.
A eligible entity that receives additional cooling assistance may use the assistance for purposes for which cooling assistance is available under the program funded under section 2602(b), including for providing energy-efficient air conditioners, and other equipment needed for home cooling, to eligible households. .
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