I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6528 
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 
A BILL 
To require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwell-
ing units to install temperature sensors 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 ‘‘Housing Temperature 
Safety Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. TEMPERATURE SENSORS. 
(a) INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each owner of a covered 
federally assisted rental dwelling unit shall, not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
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(2) discloses the results of data collection insti-
tuted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment before the date of the enactment of this Act 
to determine the prevalence of temperature sensors 
in covered federally assisted dwelling units. 
(d) RELATION TO STATE LAW.—This section does 
not annul, alter, or affect, or exempt any person subject 
to the provisions of this section from complying with, the 
laws of any State with respect to installing or maintaining 
temperature sensors, except to the extent that those laws 
are inconsistent with any provision of this section, and 
then only to the extent of the inconsistency. The Secretary 
is authorized to determine whether such inconsistencies 
exist and may not determine that any State law is incon-
sistent with any provision of this section if the Secretary 
determines that such law provides for greater protection 
or safety. 
(e) 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-
antee of a loan, mortgage, or pool of loans or mort-
gages. 
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(2) TEMPERATURE SENSOR.—The term ‘‘tem-
perature sensor’’ means an internet capable tem-
perature reporting device able to track the ambient 
air temperature to the tenth degree Fahrenheit and 
Celsius. 
(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; 
(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.); 
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(D) the program for supportive housing for 
the elderly under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 
(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. 8013); and 
(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. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act. 
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