IIB 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6528 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27, 2022 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

To require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to install temperature sensors in such units, 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing Temperature 

3 Safety Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TEMPERATURE SENSOR PILOT PROGRAM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

6 temperature sensor 3-year pilot program to provide grants 

7 to public housing agencies and owners of covered federally 

8 assisted rental dwelling units to install and test the effi9 cacy of temperature sensors in residential dwelling units 

10 to ensure such units remain in compliance with tempera11 ture requirements. 

12 (b) APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall, not later 

13 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 establish eligibility criteria for participation in the pilot 

15 program established pursuant to subsection (a) and such 

16 criteria shall be designed to ensure— 

17 (1) the pilot program includes a diverse range 

18 of participants that represent different geographic 

19 regions, climate regions, unit sizes and types of 

20 housing; and 

21 (2) the functionality of the temperature sensors 

22 that will be tested, including internet connectivity re23 quirements. 

24 (c) INSTALLATION.—Each public housing agency or 

25 owner of a covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit 

26 that receives one or more temperature sensors under this 


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1 Act shall, after receiving written permission from the resi2 dent of a dwelling unit, install such temperature sensor 

3 and monitor the data from such temperature sensor. 

4 (d) COLLECTION OF COMPLAINT RECORDS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each public housing agency 

6 or owner of a covered federally assisted rental dwell7 ing unit that receives one or more temperature sen8 sors under this Act shall collect and retain informa9 tion about temperature-related complaints and viola10 tions. 

11 (2) DEFINITIONS.—The Secretary shall, not 

12 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act, define the terms temperature-related 

14 complaints and temperature-related violations for 

15 the purposes of this Act. 

16 (e) DATA COLLECTION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Data collected from tem18 perature sensors provided to public housing agencies 

19 and owners of covered federally assisted rental dwell20 ing units under this Act shall be retained until the 

21 Secretary notifies the public housing agency or 

22 owner that the pilot program and the evaluation of 

23 the pilot program are complete. 

24 (2) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMA25 TION.—The Secretary shall, not later than 180 days 


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1 after the date of the enactment of this Act, establish 

2 standards for the protection of personally identifi3 ably information collected during the pilot program 

4 by public housing agencies, owners of federally as5 sisted rental dwelling units, and the Secretary. 

6 (f) PILOT PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 

7 (1) INTERIM EVALUATION.—Not later than 12 

8 months after the establishment of the pilot program 

9 under this Act, the Secretary shall publicly publish 

10 and submit to the Congress a report that— 

11 (A) examines the number of temperature12 related complaints and violations in federally 

13 assisted rental dwelling units with temperature 

14 sensors, disaggregated by temperature sensor 

15 technology and climate region— 

16 (i) that occurred before the installa17 tion of such sensor, if known; and 

18 (ii) that occurred after the installation 

19 of such sensor; and 

20 (B) identifies any barriers to full utility of 

21 temperature sensor capabilities, including 

22 broadband Internet access and tenant participa23 tion. 

24 (2) FINAL EVALUATION.—Not later than 36 

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1 tablished by the Secretary under this Act, the Sec2 retary shall publicly publish and submit to the Con3 gress a report that— 

4 (A) examines the number of temperature5 related complaints and violations in federally 

6 assisted rental dwelling units with temperature 

7 sensors, disaggregated by temperature sensor 

8 technology and climate region— 

9 (i) that occurred before the installa10 tion of such sensor; and 

11 (ii) that occurred after the installation 

12 of such sensor; 

13 (B) identifies any barriers to full utility of 

14 temperature sensor capabilities, including 

15 broadband Internet access and tenant participa16 tion; and 

17 (C) compare the utility of various tempera18 ture sensor technologies based on— 

19 (i) climate zones; 

20 (ii) cost; 

21 (iii) features; and 

22 (iv) any other factors identified by the 

23 Secretary. 

24 (g) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act: 


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1 (1) TEMPERATURE SENSOR.—The term ‘‘tem2 perature sensor’’ means an internet capable tem3 perature reporting device able to measure ambient 

4 air temperature to the tenth degree Fahrenheit and 

5 Celsius. 

6 (2) COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUS7 ING.—The term ‘‘covered federally assisted rental 

8 dwelling unit’’ means a residential dwelling unit that 

9 is made available for rental and for which assistance 

10 is provided, or that is part of a housing project for 

11 which assistance is provided, under— 

12 (A) the program for project-based rental 

13 assistance under section 8 of the United States 

14 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); 

15 (B) the public housing program under the 

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

17 1437 et seq.); 

18 (C) the program for supportive housing for 

19 the elderly under section 202 of the Housing 

20 Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 

21 (D) the program for supportive housing for 

22 persons with disabilities under section 811 of 

23 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

24 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013). 

25 (3) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ means— 


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1 (A) with respect to the program for 

2 project-based rental assistance under section 8 

3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

4 U.S.C. 1437f), any private person or entity, in5 cluding a cooperative, an agency of the Federal 

6 government, or a public housing agency, having 

7 the legal right to lease or sublease dwelling 

8 units; 

9 (B) with respect to public housing program 

10 under the United States Housing Act of 1937 

11 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), a public housing 

12 agency or an owner entity of public housing 

13 units as defined in section 905.108 of title 24, 

14 Code of Federal Regulations; 

15 (C) with respect to the program for sup16 portive housing for the elderly under section 

17 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

18 1701q), a private nonprofit organization as de19 fined under section 202(k)(4) of the Housing 

20 Act of 1959; and 

21 (D) with respect to the program for sup22 portive housing for persons with disabilities 

23 under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 

24 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 fined under section 811(k)(5) of section 811 of 

2 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

3 Housing Act. 

4 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

5 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

6 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary— 

8 (1) such sums as may be necessary for the Sec9 retary to provide grants to owners of covered feder10 ally assisted rental dwelling units participating in 

11 the pilot program established under this Act; 

12 (2) such sums as may be necessary for the Sec13 retary to administer the pilot program established 

14 under this Act; and 

15 (3) such sums as may be necessary for the Sec16 retary to provide technical assistance to owners of 

17 covered federally assisted rental dwelling units that 

18 are participating in the pilot program established 

19 under this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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