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U.S. OVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 185
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session J SENATE 116-82
WEATHERIZATION ENHANCEMENT AND LOCAL ENERGY
EFFICIECNY INVESTMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
OF 2019
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 983]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 983) to amend the Energy Conservation and
Production Act to reauthorize the weatherization assistance pro-
gram, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports
favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the
bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 983 is to amend the Energy Conservation and
Production Act (ECPA, Public Law 94-385) to reauthorize the
weatherization assistance program.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
For more than 40 years, the Department of Energy's (DOE)
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) has supported the Fed-
eral Government's energy efficiency efforts by assisting low-income
families that lack the resources to make their homes more energy
efficient. The program funds weatherization projects in all 50
states, the District of Columbia, the five U.S. territories, and for
tribal governments. WAP provides energy efficiency upgrades to
35,000 homes across the country annually while supporting 8,500
jobs.
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