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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6529 
To require owners of a covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to 
install self-closing doors 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 
A BILL 
To require owners of a covered federally assisted rental dwell-
ing units to install self-closing doors in such units, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘lllll Act of 
2022’’. 
SEC. 2. SELF-CLOSING DOORS. 
(a) PLAN.—Each owner of a covered federally as-
sisted rental dwelling unit shall, not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, ensure that all 
doors, in the building that contains the covered federally 
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assisted rental dwelling unit, that provide access to inte-
rior corridors and stairwells are self-closing doors and that 
such self-closing doors are maintained. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Each owner of a covered feder-
ally assisted rental dwelling unit shall certify under pen-
alty of perjury each month to the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development in such manner as the Secretary 
may require that all doors in the building that contains 
the covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit owned 
by the owner, that provide access to stairwells are self- 
closing doors and that such self-closing doors are main-
tained. 
(c) INSPECTION.—The proper installation, mainte-
nance, and functioning of self-closing doors in a building 
containing a covered federally assisted dwelling unit shall 
be included in all inspections required by the Secretary. 
(d) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall provide guid-
ance to public housing agencies (as defined in section 
3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6))) with respect to how to educate ten-
ants about self-closing doors, and other health and safety 
measures, to help advance primary prevention and prevent 
future deaths and other harms in covered federally as-
sisted dwelling units. 
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(e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress that— 
(1) describes the status of the implementation 
of subsection (a), and includes— 
(A) the number of covered federally as-
sisted dwelling units without a self-closing door; 
(B) the number of self-closing doors that 
have been installed by owners of covered feder-
ally assisted dwelling units; 
(C) the number of fatalities that occurred 
due to fire in the 1-year period preceding the 
date on which the report is submitted in build-
ings containing a covered federally assisted 
dwelling unit and what fire safety features such 
buildings had installed, including whether the 
buildings had self-closing doors installed; 
(D) a list of any owners of covered feder-
ally assisted housing that have not complied 
with the certification required described in sub-
section (b) in the 1-year period preceding the 
date on which the report is submitted; and 
(E) the results of any inspections of cov-
ered federally assisted dwelling units conducted 
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by the Secretary that included an inspection of 
self-closing doors; and 
(2) discloses the results of data collection insti-
tuted by the Secretary before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act to determine the prevalence of self- 
closing doors in covered federally assisted dwelling 
units. 
(f) RELATION TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW.—This 
section does not annul, alter, or affect, or exempt any per-
son subject to the provisions of this section from com-
plying with, the laws of any State or unit of local govern-
ment with respect to installing or maintaining self-closing 
doors, except to the extent that those laws are more strin-
gent than any provision of this section, and then only to 
the extent of the inconsistency. The Secretary is author-
ized to determine whether such inconsistencies exist and 
may not determine that the law of any State or unit of 
local government is inconsistent with any provision of this 
section if the Secretary determines that such law provides 
for greater protection or safety. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act: 
(1) 
ASSISTANCE.—The 
term 
‘‘assistance’’ 
means any grant, loan, subsidy, contract, cooperative 
agreement, or other form of financial assistance, but 
such term does not include the insurance or guar-
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antee of a loan, mortgage, or pool of loans or mort-
gages. 
(2) SELF-CLOSING DOOR.—The term ‘‘self clos-
ing door’’ means a door that— 
(A) when opened and released, returns to 
the closed position; and 
(B) complies with the accessible door 
standards most recently issued by the American 
National Standards Institute. 
(3) COVERED
FEDERALLY
ASSISTED
HOUS-
ING.—The term ‘‘covered federally assisted rental 
dwelling unit’’ means a residential dwelling unit that 
is made available for rental and for which assistance 
is provided, or that is part of a housing project for 
which assistance is provided, under— 
(A) the public housing program under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437 et seq.); 
(B) the programs for rental assistance 
under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), including— 
(i) the program for project-based rent-
al assistance; and 
(ii) the program for tenant-based 
rental assistance; 
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(C) the AIDS Housing Opportunities pro-
gram under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); 
(D) the program for supportive housing for 
the elderly under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 
(E) the program for supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities under section 811 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 24 8013); or 
(F) the programs under sections 514, 515, 
and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949. 
(4) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ means, with 
respect to a covered federally assisted rental dwelling 
unit, any private person or entity, including a coop-
erative, an agency of the Federal Government, or a 
public housing agency, having the legal right to lease 
or sublease dwelling units. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
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