Home Heating Guarantee Act of 1980

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Home Heating Guarantee Act of 1980 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to establish a grant program to provide assistance to low-income households in meeting the costs of residential heating fuel. Directs the Secretary to make grants to any State agency which has been designated by State law to administer a qualifying State heating fuel assistance plan. Requires: (1) such plan provide assistance to low-income households which receive residential heating fuel from a fuel supplier (any person engaged in the business of selling residential heating fuel directly to households for their consumption) which elects to participate in such a plan; and (2) such assistance consist of direct payments by the State agency to the fuel supplier. Requires that such plan provide that: (1) any election by a fuel supplier cover all eligible households served by that supplier; and (2) such election is irrevocable for the heating season for which it was made. Sets forth the requirements which a low-income household must meet in order to qualify for assistance under a qualifying State heating fuel assistance plan. Directs the Secretary to require recertification of the eligibility of a h…