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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3918 
To ensure that certain short-term rentals are equipped with a smoke detector 
and a carbon monoxide detector, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2025 
Mr. KEATING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To ensure that certain short-term rentals are equipped with 
a smoke detector and a carbon monoxide detector, 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. SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS 
REQUIRED. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—No person may rent or offer for 
rent, or facilitate the rental of, a short-term rental unless 
such short-term rental is equipped with a smoke detector 
and a carbon monoxide detector. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Federal Trade Commission 
may promulgate, in accordance with section 553 of title 
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5, United States Code, such regulations as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS-
SION.— 
(1) UNFAIR
OR
DECEPTIVE
ACTS
OR
PRAC-
TICES.—A violation of this section or a regulation 
promulgated under this section shall be treated as a 
violation of a regulation under section 18(a)(1)(B) 
of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or 
practices. 
(2) POWERS
OF
COMMISSION.—The Federal 
Trade Commission shall enforce this section and the 
regulations promulgated under this section in the 
same manner, by the same means, and with the 
same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all 
applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incor-
porated into and made a part of this section. Any 
person who violates this section or a regulation pro-
mulgated under this section shall be subject to the 
penalties and entitled to the privileges and immuni-
ties provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-
fect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
SERVICES.—The term ‘‘covered 
services’’— 
(A) means the temporary provision of a 
room, building, or other lodging facility; and 
(B) does not include the provision of a 
meeting room, banquet services, or catering 
services. 
(2) SHORT-TERM RENTAL.—The term ‘‘short- 
term rental’’ means a property, including a single- 
family dwelling or a unit in a condominium, coopera-
tive, or time-share, that provides covered services 
(either with respect to the entire property or a part 
of the property)— 
(A) to the general public; 
(B) in exchange for a fee; 
(C) for periods shorter than 30 consecutive 
days; and 
(D) promoted, advertised, or marketed in 
interstate commerce or sold in interstate com-
merce. 
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