Availability of standard utility allowances based on receipt of energy assistance

(a) Allowance to recipients of energy assistance (1) Standard utility allowance Section 5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I) of the of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I)) is amended by inserting with an elderly or disabled member after households. (2) Conforming amendments Section 2605(f)(2)(A) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act is amended by inserting received by a household with an elderly or disabled member before, consistent with section 5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I). (b) Third-party energy assistance payments Section 5(k)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(k)(4)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting without an elderly or disabled member after household the 1st place it appears; and (2) in subparagraph (B) by inserting with an elderly or disabled member after household the 1st place it appears.