I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4405 
To require institutions of higher education to notify students whether student 
housing facilities are equipped with automatic fire sprinkler systems. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 
Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mr. TONKO, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To require institutions of higher education to notify students 
whether student housing facilities are equipped with 
automatic fire sprinkler systems. 
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 ‘‘Kerry Rose Fire Sprin-
kler Notification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FIRE SAFETY REPORT. 
Section 485(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1092(i)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘automatic’’ before ‘‘fire sprinkler’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (D); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (E) and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) the number and percentage of beds at 
student housing facilities not protected by an 
automatic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom; 
and 
‘‘(G) the number and percentage of beds at 
student housing facilities protected by an auto-
matic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A), 
the following: 
‘‘(B) make available to the public statistics 
on the number and percentage, in the aggregate 
and disaggregated by each State, of— 
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‘‘(i) student housing facilities at eligi-
ble institutions with less than 100 percent 
of beds protected by an automatic fire 
sprinkler system in the bedroom; 
‘‘(ii) student housing facilities at eligi-
ble institutions with less than 50 percent 
of beds protected by an automatic fire 
sprinkler system in the bedroom; 
‘‘(iii) beds at student housing facilities 
at eligible institutions protected by an 
automatic fire sprinkler system in the bed-
room; and 
‘‘(iv) beds at student housing facilities 
at eligible institutions not protected by an 
automatic fire sprinkler system in the bed-
room; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) STUDENT HOUSING FACILITY.—The 
term ‘student housing facility’ includes facilities 
that are campus facilities and facilities that are 
noncampus buildings or properties. 
‘‘(B) CAMPUS AND NONCAMPUS BUILDING 
OR PROPERTY.—The terms ‘campus’ and ‘non-
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campus building or property’ have the meanings 
given the terms in section 668.46(a) of title 34, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation).’’. 
SEC. 3. FIRE SAFETY. 
Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(30) In the case of an institution that main-
tains student housing facilities (as defined in section 
485(i)(8)), the institution will— 
‘‘(A) include in all materials (including 
electronic materials) relating to such facilities, 
information that describes whether such facili-
ties are equipped with a student housing facility 
fire safety system, which includes an automatic 
fire sprinkler system in each bedroom; 
‘‘(B) notify each student selecting such a 
facility during a student housing facility selec-
tion process, in writing and during such selec-
tion process, whether the facility is equipped 
with a student housing facility fire safety sys-
tem, which includes an automatic fire sprinkler 
system in each bedroom; and 
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‘‘(C) notify each student who plans to live 
in such a facility, in writing and on the date 
that the student moves into the facility, whether 
the facility is equipped with a student housing 
facility fire safety system, which includes an 
automatic fire sprinkler system in each bed-
room, and how such system is described in sub-
paragraph (B) of section 485(i)(1) for purposes 
of the fire safety report required under such 
section.’’. 
Æ 
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