Emergency Hardship Assistance Grant Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Emergency Hardship Assistance Grant Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to a State upon application to be used to provide home energy and emergency assistance to low-income individuals. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1982 through 1985. Sets forth requirements for grant applications. Prohibits the allocation of funds to a State after the first fiscal year in which such State receives funds under this Act unless the State legislature has allocated the expenditure of such funds after holding public hearings on their use and distribution. Requires that payments to a State for any fiscal year be expended in such fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary to reduce a State's allotment under this Act if such State fails to provide energy and emergency assistance to an Indian tribe eligible for such assistance under this Act. Requires the chief executive officer of a State to report on the intended use of grants received under this Act. Authorizes a State to use such amounts as are necessary to pay administrative costs. Prohibits the use of grants under this Act for the purchase or improvement of land or for the purchase, construction, or permanen…