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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4675 

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 

MAY 19, 2014 

Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. TONKO, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CLEAVER, and Mr. 

MCGOVERN) 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— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

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

3 ‘‘automatic’’ before ‘‘fire sprinkler’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub5 paragraph (D); 

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

7 subparagraph (E) and inserting a semicolon; 

8 and 

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

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

11 student housing facilities not protected by an 

12 automatic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom; 

13 and 

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

15 student housing facilities protected by an auto16 matic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom.’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

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

19 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

20 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

21 subparagraph (C); and 

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

23 the following: 


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

2 on the number and percentage, in the aggregate 

3 and disaggregated by each State, of— 

4 ‘‘(i) student housing facilities at eligi5 ble institutions with less than 100 percent 

6 of beds protected by an automatic fire 

7 sprinkler system in the bedroom; 

8 ‘‘(ii) student housing facilities at eligi9 ble institutions with less than 50 percent 

10 of beds protected by an automatic fire 

11 sprinkler system in the bedroom; 

12 ‘‘(iii) beds at student housing facilities 

13 at eligible institutions protected by an 

14 automatic fire sprinkler system in the bed15 room; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) beds at student housing facilities 

17 at eligible institutions not protected by an 

18 automatic fire sprinkler system in the bed19 room; and’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘(8) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub22 section: 

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

24 term ‘student housing facility’ includes facilities 


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1 that are campus facilities and facilities that are 

2 noncampus buildings or properties. 

3 ‘‘(B) CAMPUS AND NONCAMPUS BUILDING

4 OR PROPERTY.—The terms ‘campus’ and ‘non5 campus building or property’ have the meanings 

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

7 Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

8 regulation).’’. 

9 SEC. 3. FIRE SAFETY. 

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

11 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(30) In the case of an institution that main14 tains student housing facilities (as defined in section 

15 485(i)(8)), the institution will— 

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

17 electronic materials) relating to such facilities, 

18 information that describes whether such facili19 ties are equipped with a student housing facility 

20 fire safety system, which includes an automatic 

21 fire sprinkler system in each bedroom; 

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

23 facility during a student housing facility selec24 tion process, in writing and during such selec25 tion process, whether the facility is equipped 


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1 with a student housing facility fire safety sys2 tem, which includes an automatic fire sprinkler 

3 system in each bedroom; and 

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

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

6 that the student moves into the facility, whether 

7 the facility is equipped with a student housing 

8 facility fire safety system, which includes an 

9 automatic fire sprinkler system in each bed10 room, and how such system is described in sub11 paragraph (B) of section 485(i)(1) for purposes 

12 of the fire safety report required under such 

13 section.’’. 

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