Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Division of Energy Assistance/OCS/ACF

Updated Compilation of LIHEAP Regulations

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THIS CONTAINS INFORMATION ISSUED BY THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES IN LIHEAP INFORMATION MEMORANDUM TRANSMITTAL NO. LIHEAP-IM-97-15,
DATED 3/20/97

COPIES OF ATTACHMENTS MAY BE OBTAINED THROUGH CALLING THE LIHEAP
CLEARINGHOUSE AT (800) 445-5581.


TO:               LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) GRANTEES
                  AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES

SUBJECT:          Updated Compilation of the Federal Regulations Implementing
                  the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act and Low Income
                  Home Energy Assistance Program

RELATED           Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981
REFERENCES:       (title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
                  1981, Public Law 97-35, as amended); block grant final
                  regulations as originally published in the Federal Register
                  on July 6, 1982, and amendments to these regulations
                  published between July 6, 1982, and September 30, 1996.

PURPOSE:          To transmit the most recent compilation of the federal
                  regulations implementing the Low Income Home Energy
                  Assistance Program and certain other block grants
                  administered by the Department of Health and Human Services
                  (HHS).

BACKGROUND:       On July 6, 1982, HHS published in the Federal Register final
                  regulations (final rules) for the Low Income Home Energy
                  Assistance Program and certain other block grant programs
                  that it administers.  These final rules comprise Part 96 of
                  Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations (45 CFR Part
                  96).

                  Since then, HHS has issued a number of additional final
                  rules which amend these block grant regulations.  The most
                  important amendments affecting the LIHEAP program were
                  published in the Federal Register on October 13, 1987; March
                  3, 1988; and May 1, 1995.

                  Periodically, the Office of the Federal Register publishes
                  compilations of federal regulations that include all
                  amendments made to them to date.  This IM transmits the most
                  recent updated compilation of the parts of the HHS block
                  grant regulations that affect the LIHEAP program.  (The
                  remaining parts of the block grant regulations do not apply
                  to LIHEAP.)  This compilation includes changes made to these
                  regulations as of October 1, 1996.  LIHEAP grantees must
                  comply with these regulations.  HHS must comply with them as
                  well.

                  Federal regulations are first published in the Federal
                  Register (FR), and then they are compiled in the Code of
                  Federal Regulations (CFR).  When HHS publishes its
                  regulations in the Federal Register, it includes preambles
                  which contain important background information and guidance.
                  Compilations of regulations in the Code of Federal
                  Regulations do not include the preambles.  However, the
                  material in the preambles is still in force unless it is
                  superseded or replaced by federal regulation(s) or
                  preamble(s) published later, or by federal law(s).

                  The original HHS block grant final regulations and their
                  preamble were published in the Federal Register on July 6,
                  1982, and may be found at 47 FR 29472 (volume 47 of the
                  Federal Register, starting at page 29472) and in LIHEAP
                  Information Memorandum 82-12 dated September 24, 1982.  The
                  October 13, 1987, final rule amending the block grant
                  regulations, and its preamble, may be found at 52 FR 37957
                  and in LIHEAP Information Memorandum 88-3 dated November 6,
                  1987.  The March 3, 1988, final rule amending the block
                  grant regulations, and its preamble, may be found at 53 FR
                  6824 and in LIHEAP Information Memorandum 88-9 dated March
                  15, 1988.  The May 1, 1995, final rule amending the block
                  grant regulations, and its preamble, may be found at 60 FR
                  21322 and in LIHEAP Information Memorandum 95-20 dated June
                  9, 1995.

INQUIRIES         Ann Bowker
TO:               Division of Energy Assistance
                  Office of Community Services/ACF/HHS
                  370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
                  Washington, D.C.  20447
                  (Telephone:  202-401-5308)




                                          _______________/s____________
                                          Janet M. Fox
                                          Director
                                          Division of Energy Assistance

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