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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 755 

To require carbon monoxide detectors in certain federally assisted housing, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 12, 2019 

Ms. HARRIS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require carbon monoxide detectors in certain federally 

assisted housing, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Housing for Fam5 ilies Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN FEDERALLY AS7 SISTED HOUSING. 

8 (a) SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY.—Sec9 tion 202(j) of the Housing Act of 1949 (12 U.S.C. 

10 1701q(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(9) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each owner of a 

3 dwelling unit assisted under this section shall 

4 ensure that not less than 1 carbon monoxide 

5 detector is installed per floor in the dwelling 

6 unit in accordance with standards and criteria 

7 acceptable to the Secretary for the protection of 

8 occupants in the dwelling unit. 

9 ‘‘(B) REHABILITATION.—Each owner of a 

10 dwelling unit assisted under this section that is 

11 located in a property that is undergoing or 

12 planning a substantial rehabilitation project 

13 shall ensure that, during that rehabilitation, not 

14 less than 1 carbon monoxide detector is in15 stalled per floor in the dwelling unit in accord16 ance with standards and criteria acceptable to 

17 the Secretary for the protection of occupants in 

18 the dwelling unit.’’. 

19 (b) SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DIS20 ABILITIES.—Section 811(j) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na21 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(j)) is 

22 amended by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(7) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each dwelling unit as25 sisted under this section shall contain not less 


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1 than 1 carbon monoxide detector installed per 

2 floor of the dwelling unit in accordance with 

3 standards and criteria acceptable to the Sec4 retary for the protection of occupants in the 

5 dwelling unit. 

6 ‘‘(B) REHABILITATION.—Each dwelling 

7 unit assisted under this section that is located 

8 in a property that is undergoing or planning a 

9 substantial rehabilitation project shall, during 

10 that rehabilitation, have installed not less than 

11 1 carbon monoxide detector per floor of the 

12 dwelling unit in accordance with standards and 

13 criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the pro14 tection of occupants in the dwelling unit.’’. 

15 (c) PUBLIC AND SECTION 8 HOUSING.—The United 

16 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in section 3(a) (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)), by 

19 adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(8) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each public housing 

22 agency shall ensure, for each dwelling unit in 

23 public housing owned or operated by the public 

24 housing agency, that not less than 1 carbon 

25 monoxide detector is installed per floor in the 


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1 dwelling unit in accordance with standards and 

2 criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the pro3 tection of occupants in the dwelling unit. 

4 ‘‘(B) REHABILITATION.—With respect to 

5 public housing for which a public housing agen6 cy is undergoing or planning a substantial reha7 bilitation project, the public housing agency 

8 shall ensure that, during that rehabilitation, not 

9 less than 1 carbon monoxide detector is in10 stalled per floor in each dwelling unit located in 

11 that public housing in accordance with stand12 ards and criteria acceptable to the Secretary for 

13 the protection of occupants in the dwelling 

14 unit.’’; and 

15 (2) in section 8(o) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), by 

16 adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(21) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each owner of a 

19 dwelling unit receiving tenant-based assistance 

20 or project-based assistance under this sub21 section shall ensure that not less than 1 carbon 

22 monoxide detector is installed per floor in the 

23 dwelling unit in accordance with standards and 

24 criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the pro25 tection of occupants in the dwelling unit. 


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1 ‘‘(B) REHABILITATION.—With respect to a 

2 property receiving tenant-based assistance or 

3 project-based assistance for which the owner is 

4 undergoing or planning a substantial rehabilita5 tion project, the owner shall ensure that, during 

6 that rehabilitation, not less than 1 carbon mon7 oxide detector is installed per floor in each 

8 dwelling unit assisted in that property in ac9 cordance with standards and criteria acceptable 

10 to the Secretary for the protection of occupants 

11 in the dwelling unit.’’. 

12 (d) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—There are authorized to 

13 be appropriated to carry out the amendments made by this 

14 Act $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

15 2029. 

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