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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4405 

To require institutions of higher education to notify students whether student 

housing facilities are equipped with automatic fire sprinkler systems. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2016 

Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mr. TONKO, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL 

To require institutions of higher education to notify students 

whether student housing facilities are equipped with 

automatic fire sprinkler systems. 

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 ‘‘Kerry Rose Fire Sprin5 kler Notification Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FIRE SAFETY REPORT. 

7 Section 485(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

8 (20 U.S.C. 1092(i)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

2 ‘‘automatic’’ before ‘‘fire sprinkler’’; 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub4 paragraph (D); 

5 (C) by striking the period at the end of 

6 subparagraph (E) and inserting a semicolon; 

7 and 

8 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(F) the number and percentage of beds at 

10 student housing facilities not protected by an 

11 automatic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(G) the number and percentage of beds at 

14 student housing facilities protected by an auto15 matic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom.’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

18 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

19 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

20 subparagraph (C); and 

21 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A), 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(B) make available to the public statistics 

24 on the number and percentage, in the aggregate 

25 and disaggregated by each State, of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) student housing facilities at eligi2 ble institutions with less than 100 percent 

3 of beds protected by an automatic fire 

4 sprinkler system in the bedroom; 

5 ‘‘(ii) student housing facilities at eligi6 ble institutions with less than 50 percent 

7 of beds protected by an automatic fire 

8 sprinkler system in the bedroom; 

9 ‘‘(iii) beds at student housing facilities 

10 at eligible institutions protected by an 

11 automatic fire sprinkler system in the bed12 room; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) beds at student housing facilities 

14 at eligible institutions not protected by an 

15 automatic fire sprinkler system in the bed16 room; and’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(8) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(A) STUDENT HOUSING FACILITY.—The 

21 term ‘student housing facility’ includes facilities 

22 that are campus facilities and facilities that are 

23 noncampus buildings or properties. 

24 ‘‘(B) CAMPUS AND NONCAMPUS BUILDING

25 OR PROPERTY.—The terms ‘campus’ and ‘nonVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:01 Feb 02, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4405.IH H4405

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1 campus building or property’ have the meanings 

2 given the terms in section 668.46(a) of title 34, 

3 Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

4 regulation).’’. 

5 SEC. 3. FIRE SAFETY. 

6 Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

7 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(30) In the case of an institution that main10 tains student housing facilities (as defined in section 

11 485(i)(8)), the institution will— 

12 ‘‘(A) include in all materials (including 

13 electronic materials) relating to such facilities, 

14 information that describes whether such facili15 ties are equipped with a student housing facility 

16 fire safety system, which includes an automatic 

17 fire sprinkler system in each bedroom; 

18 ‘‘(B) notify each student selecting such a 

19 facility during a student housing facility selec20 tion process, in writing and during such selec21 tion process, whether the facility is equipped 

22 with a student housing facility fire safety sys23 tem, which includes an automatic fire sprinkler 

24 system in each bedroom; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) notify each student who plans to live 

2 in such a facility, in writing and on the date 

3 that the student moves into the facility, whether 

4 the facility is equipped with a student housing 

5 facility fire safety system, which includes an 

6 automatic fire sprinkler system in each bed7 room, and how such system is described in sub8 paragraph (B) of section 485(i)(1) for purposes 

9 of the fire safety report required under such 

10 section.’’. 

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