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Union Calendar No. 328 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6528 

[Report No. 117–422] 

To require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to install 

temperature sensors in such units, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 28, 2022 

Mr. TORRES of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Financial Services 

JULY 20, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 28, 2022] 


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A BILL 

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

and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Housing Temperature 

5 Safety Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TEMPERATURE SENSOR PILOT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a tem8 perature sensor 3-year pilot program to provide grants to 

9 public housing agencies and owners of covered federally as10 sisted rental dwelling units to install and test the efficacy 

11 of temperature sensors in residential dwelling units to en12 sure such units remain in compliance with temperature re13 quirements. 

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

15 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, estab16 lish eligibility criteria for participation in the pilot pro17 gram established pursuant to subsection (a) and such cri18 teria shall be designed to ensure— 

19 (1) the pilot program includes a diverse range of 

20 participants that represent different geographic re21 gions, climate regions, unit sizes and types of hous22 ing; and 

23 (2) the functionality of the temperature sensors 

24 that will be tested, including internet connectivity re25 quirements. 


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

2 owner of a covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit 

3 that receives one or more temperature sensors under this 

4 Act shall, after receiving written permission from the resi5 dent of a dwelling unit, install such temperature sensor and 

6 monitor the data from such temperature sensor. 

7 (d) COLLECTION OF COMPLAINT RECORDS.— 

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

9 or owner of a covered federally assisted rental dwell10 ing unit that receives one or more temperature sensors 

11 under this Act shall collect and retain information 

12 about temperature-related complaints and violations. 

13 (2) DEFINITIONS.—The Secretary shall, not later 

14 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act, define the terms temperature-related complaints 

16 and temperature-related violations for the purposes of 

17 this Act. 

18 (e) DATA COLLECTION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Data collected from tempera20 ture sensors provided to public housing agencies and 

21 owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling 

22 units under this Act shall be retained until the Sec23 retary notifies the public housing agency or owner 

24 that the pilot program and the evaluation of the pilot 

25 program are complete. 


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1 (2) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.— 

2 The Secretary shall, not later than 180 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act, establish standards 

4 for the protection of personally identifiably informa5 tion collected during the pilot program by public 

6 housing agencies, owners of federally assisted rental 

7 dwelling units, and the Secretary. 

8 (f) PILOT PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 

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

10 months after the establishment of the pilot program 

11 under this Act, the Secretary shall publicly publish 

12 and submit to the Congress a report that— 

13 (A) examines the number of temperature-re14 lated complaints and violations in federally as15 sisted rental dwelling units with temperature 

16 sensors, disaggregated by temperature sensor 

17 technology and climate region— 

18 (i) that occurred before the installation 

19 of such sensor, if known; and 

20 (ii) that occurred after the installation 

21 of such sensor; and 

22 (B) identifies any barriers to full utility of 

23 temperature sensor capabilities, including 

24 broadband Internet access and tenant participa25 tion. 


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

2 months after the conclusion of the pilot program es3 tablished by the Secretary under this Act, the Sec4 retary shall publicly publish and submit to the Con5 gress a report that— 

6 (A) examines the number of temperature-re7 lated complaints and violations in federally as8 sisted rental dwelling units with temperature 

9 sensors, disaggregated by temperature sensor 

10 technology and climate region— 

11 (i) that occurred before the installation 

12 of such sensor; and 

13 (ii) that occurred after the installation 

14 of such sensor; 

15 (B) identifies any barriers to full utility of 

16 temperature sensor capabilities, including 

17 broadband Internet access and tenant participa18 tion; and 

19 (C) compare the utility of various tempera20 ture sensor technologies based on— 

21 (i) climate zones; 

22 (ii) cost; 

23 (iii) features; and 

24 (iv) any other factors identified by the 

25 Secretary. 


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

2 (1) TEMPERATURE SENSOR.—The term ‘‘tem3 perature sensor’’ means an internet capable tempera4 ture reporting device able to measure ambient air 

5 temperature to the tenth degree Fahrenheit and Cel6 sius. 

7 (2) COVERED FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.— 

8 The term ‘‘covered federally assisted rental dwelling 

9 unit’’ means a residential dwelling unit that is made 

10 available for rental and for which assistance is pro11 vided, or that is part of a housing project for which 

12 assistance is provided, under— 

13 (A) the program for project-based rental as14 sistance under section 8 of the United States 

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

16 (B) the public housing program under the 

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

18 1437 et seq.); 

19 (C) the program for supportive housing for 

20 the elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act 

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

22 (D) the program for supportive housing for 

23 persons with disabilities under section 811 of the 

24 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 

25 Act (42 U.S.C. 8013). 


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

2 (A) with respect to the program for project3 based rental assistance under section 8 of the 

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

5 1437f), any private person or entity, including 

6 a cooperative, an agency of the Federal govern7 ment, or a public housing agency, having the 

8 legal right to lease or sublease dwelling units; 

9 (B) with respect to public housing program 

10 under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

11 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), a public housing agency or 

12 an owner entity of public housing units as de13 fined in section 905.108 of title 24, Code of Fed14 eral Regulations; 

15 (C) with respect to the program for sup16 portive housing for the elderly under section 202 

17 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), 

18 a private nonprofit organization as defined 

19 under section 202(k)(4) of the Housing Act of 

20 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 Na24 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), 

25 a private nonprofit organization as defined 


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

2 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 

3 Act. 

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

5 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

6 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

7 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 federally 

10 assisted rental dwelling units participating in the 

11 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. 


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Union Calendar No. 328 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6528 

[Report No. 117–422] 

A BILL 

To require owners of covered federally assisted 

sors in such units, and for other purposes. rental dwelling units to install temperature senJULY 20, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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