119th Congress · introduced in the House · Oct 14, 2025
HEATS Act
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Latest action (Oct 14, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Energy
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Oct 14, 2025)
Home Energy Assistance in Times of Shutdown Act or the HEATS Act
This bill provides appropriations for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) during any period in which there is a lapse in discretionary appropriations for any fiscal year (i.e., a government shutdown). Under LIHEAP, the federal government makes annual grants to states, tribes, and territories to operate home energy assistance programs for low-income households. The bill provides appropriations for LIHEAP payments to continue during a government shutdown.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY · lobbying firm or registrant: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Feb 26, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$2,220,000
Spent on own lobbying
…h and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; provisions related to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding H.R. 5756: Home Energy Assistance in Times of Shutdown (HEATS) Act; provisions related to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding H.R. 6176: Electricity Tr…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY · lobbying firm or registrant: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Feb 26, 2026 · issue area: Utilities
$2,220,000
Spent on own lobbying
…h and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; provisions related to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding H.R. 5756: Home Energy Assistance in Times of Shutdown (HEATS) Act; provisions related to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding H.R. 6176: Electricity Tr…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing