Bill moves $1 billion from Board of Peace to heating help.
H.R. 10587 — American Homes First Act · Filed by Chris Pappas (D-NH) · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill takes $1 billion from State Department and national security money. That money was set aside for a Board of Peace. It sends the money to the Department of Health and Human Services instead. The money goes to LIHEAP. LIHEAP helps low-income people pay heating and cooling bills. The bill stops any more money going to the Board of Peace.
Who it affects
Low-income households get help paying heating and cooling bills. States that run LIHEAP get more money for the program.
One thing to notice
The bill assumes the Board of Peace has no separate law funding it. If Congress passed a law funding the Board, this bill might not stop all spending.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Appropriations · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Board of Peace — A group set up by the executive branch to work on peace.
- LIHEAP — Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; helps poor people pay heat bills.
- low-income households — Families and people who earn less money and need help.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,051 characters) on Sep 30, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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