MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 311. MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. (a) In General.— (1) Treatment of households.—Section 2605(b)(7)(D) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(7)(D)) is amended to read as follows: “(D) ensure that the provision of vendored payments remains at the option of the State in consultation with local grantees and may be contingent on unregulated vendors taking appropriate measures to alleviate the energy burdens of eligible households, including providing for agreements between suppliers and individuals eligible for benefits under this Act that seek to reduce home energy costs, minimize the risks of home energy crisis, and encourage regular payments by individuals receiving financial assistance for home energy costs;”. (2) Incentive program.—Section 2607A(e) (42 U.S.C. 8626a(e)) is amended by striking “July 31, of each year” and inserting “2 months after the close of the fiscal year during which the State provided leveraged resources to eligible households, as described in subsection (b)”. (3) Training and technical assistance.—Section 2609A(a) is amended by striking “$500,000” and inserting “$250,000”. (b) Criteria and Report.—Section 2605(b) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Amendments of 1994, the Secretary shall develop model performance goals and measurements in consultation with State, territorial, tribal, and local grantees, that the States may use to assess the success of the States in achieving the purposes of this title. The model performance goals and measurements shall be made available to States to be incorporated, at the option of the States, into the plans for fiscal year 1997. The Secretary may request data relevant to the development of model performance goals and measurements.”. (c) Technical Amendments.— (1) Section 2602 (42 U.S.C. 8621) is amended— (A) in subsection (b), as amended by section 303 of this Act— 108 STAT. 662 (i) by inserting “(other than section 2607A)” after “to carry out the provisions of this title”; and (ii) by striking the second period at the end thereof; and (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking “Act” and inserting “title” (2) Section 2603(2) (42 U.S.C. 8622(2)) is amended— (A) by striking “the” in paragraph (2) and inserting “The”; and (B) by striking the semicolon at the end thereof and inserting a period. (3) Section 2604(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 8623(b)(1)) is amended by inserting “of the United States” after “Virgin Islands”. (4) The sentence that immediately precedes paragraph (15) of section 2605(b) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)) is transferred so as to appear as a flush sentence immediately after paragraph (16). (5) Section 2605(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(3)) is amended by striking “handicapped” and inserting “disabled”. (6) Section 2607A(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 8626a(c)(2)) is amended by striking “.0008 percent” and inserting “0.08 percent”. (7) Section 2610(a) (42 U.S.C. 8629(a)) is amended— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking the semicolon after “used” and inserting a semicolon after “title”; and (B) in paragraph (5)— (i) by striking “handicapped” and inserting “disabled”; and (ii) by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof “or include young children”.