A bill to establish a utility stamp program which will provide utility stamps to certain low-income households to help meet utility costs incurred by such households.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to formulate and administer a utility stamp program under which, at the request of any State chief executive, any eligible household within such State shall have the opportunity to offset a portion of its utility bill with coupons amounting to an allotment of $25 monthly. Requires that such coupons be issued only to households having a gross annual income of less than $6,500. Restricts the use of such coupons to the payment of utility bills, or to the offset of rent due where a utility bill is not paid directly. In the latter case, requires a landlord to use such coupons to pay a portion of his utility bill and prohibits him from increasing rents in connection with or as a result of the issuance of energy stamps. Requires each State desiring to participate in the program to submit for approval a plan of operation, and directs each participating State to assume responsibility for the certification of eligible households.…