ADMINISTRATION.

SEC. 306. ADMINISTRATION. Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (9)(A), by striking “and not transferred pursuant to section 2604(f) for use under another block grant”; (B) in paragraph (14), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon; (C) in the matter following paragraph (14), by striking “The Secretary may not prescribe the manner in which the States will comply with the provisions of this subsection.”; and (D) in the matter following paragraph (16), by inserting before “The Secretary shall issue” the following: “The Secretary may not prescribe the manner in which the States will comply with the provisions of this subsection.”; (2) in subsection (c)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking “States” and inserting “State”; and (B) in subparagraph (G)(i), by striking “has” and inserting “had”; and (3) in paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of subsection (k) by inserting “, particularly those low-income households with the lowest incomes that pay a high proportion of household income for home energy” before the period.