H.R. 10587: American Homes First Act

This bill would redirect money already appropriated under existing federal laws away from a newly named entity called the Board of Peace and toward the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which helps low-income households pay for home energy costs such as heating and cooling.

What the bill would do

• It would prevent the Secretary of State and the President from making any of the covered appropriated funds available for the Board of Peace, a public international organization referenced in the bill.
• It would transfer $1 billion from those funds to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
• That $1 billion would be used for LIHEAP under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.
• The bill says the transferred money should be treated as though it had been appropriated under the LIHEAP funding rules for fiscal year 2027.

Practical effect

In plain terms, the bill would shift federal funding away from a foreign-policy-related purpose and instead use that money to help low-income households with energy bills. It does not create LIHEAP from scratch; rather, it adds funding for the program by redirecting money from another appropriation.

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