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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1690 

To require carbon monoxide detectors in certain federally assisted housing, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 12, 2019 

Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois (for himself, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. MOORE, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY

of New York, Mr. CLAY, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 

COHEN, and Mr. ROSE of New York) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

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 of 2019’’. 

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

8 (a) SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY.— 

9 Subsection (j) of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1949 


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1 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(j)) is amended by adding at the end 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(9) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each owner of a 

5 dwelling unit assisted under this section shall 

6 ensure that not less than one carbon monoxide 

7 detector is installed per floor in the dwelling 

8 unit in accordance with standards and criteria 

9 acceptable to the Secretary for the protection of 

10 occupants in the dwelling unit. 

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

12 dwelling unit assisted under this section that is 

13 located in a property that is undergoing or 

14 planning a substantial rehabilitation project 

15 shall ensure that, during that rehabilitation, not 

16 less than one carbon monoxide detector is in17 stalled per floor in the dwelling unit in accord18 ance with standards and criteria acceptable to 

19 the Secretary for the protection of occupants in 

20 the dwelling unit.’’. 

21 (b) SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DIS22 ABILITIES.—Subsection (j) of section 811 of the Cranston23 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 8013(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(7) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each dwelling unit as2 sisted under this section shall contain not less 

3 than one carbon monoxide detector installed per 

4 floor of the dwelling unit in accordance with 

5 standards and criteria acceptable to the Sec6 retary for the protection of occupants in the 

7 dwelling unit. 

8 ‘‘(B) REHABILITATION.—Each dwelling 

9 unit assisted under this section that is located 

10 in a property that is undergoing or planning a 

11 substantial rehabilitation project shall, during 

12 that rehabilitation, have installed not less than 

13 one carbon monoxide detector per floor of the 

14 dwelling unit in accordance with standards and 

15 criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the pro16 tection of occupants in the dwelling unit.’’. 

17 (c) PUBLIC HOUSING.—Subsection (a) of section 3 

18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

19 1437a(a)) is amended by 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 one 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 one 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.’’. 

15 (d) SECTION 8 HOUSING.—Subsection (o) of section 

16 8 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(21) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each owner of a 

20 dwelling unit receiving tenant-based assistance 

21 or project-based assistance under this sub22 section shall ensure that not less than one car23 bon monoxide detector is installed per floor in 

24 the dwelling unit in accordance with standards 


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1 and criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the 

2 protection of occupants in the dwelling unit. 

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

4 property receiving tenant-based assistance or 

5 project-based assistance for which the owner is 

6 undergoing or planning a substantial rehabilita7 tion project, the owner shall ensure that, during 

8 that rehabilitation, not less than one carbon 

9 monoxide detector is installed per floor in each 

10 dwelling unit assisted in that property in ac11 cordance with standards and criteria acceptable 

12 to the Secretary for the protection of occupants 

13 in the dwelling unit.’’. 

14 (e) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—There is authorized to 

15 be appropriated to carry out the amendments made by this 

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

17 2029. 

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