I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1690 
To require carbon monoxide detectors in certain federally assisted housing, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2019 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois (for himself, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. MOORE, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY 
of New York, Mr. CLAY, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 
COHEN, and Mr. ROSE of New York) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require carbon monoxide detectors in certain federally 
assisted housing, 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 ‘‘Safe Housing for Fam-
ilies Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN FEDERALLY AS-
SISTED HOUSING. 
(a) SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY.— 
Subsection (j) of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1949 
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(12 U.S.C. 1701q(j)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(9) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each owner of a 
dwelling unit assisted under this section shall 
ensure that not less than one carbon monoxide 
detector is installed per floor in the dwelling 
unit in accordance with standards and criteria 
acceptable to the Secretary for the protection of 
occupants in the dwelling unit. 
‘‘(B) REHABILITATION.—Each owner of a 
dwelling unit assisted under this section that is 
located in a property that is undergoing or 
planning a substantial rehabilitation project 
shall ensure that, during that rehabilitation, not 
less than one carbon monoxide detector is in-
stalled per floor in the dwelling unit in accord-
ance with standards and criteria acceptable to 
the Secretary for the protection of occupants in 
the dwelling unit.’’. 
(b) SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DIS-
ABILITIES.—Subsection (j) of section 811 of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each dwelling unit as-
sisted under this section shall contain not less 
than one carbon monoxide detector installed per 
floor of the dwelling unit in accordance with 
standards and criteria acceptable to the Sec-
retary for the protection of occupants in the 
dwelling unit. 
‘‘(B) 
REHABILITATION.—Each 
dwelling 
unit assisted under this section that is located 
in a property that is undergoing or planning a 
substantial rehabilitation project shall, during 
that rehabilitation, have installed not less than 
one carbon monoxide detector per floor of the 
dwelling unit in accordance with standards and 
criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the pro-
tection of occupants in the dwelling unit.’’. 
(c) PUBLIC HOUSING.—Subsection (a) of section 3 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each public housing 
agency shall ensure, for each dwelling unit in 
public housing owned or operated by the public 
housing agency, that not less than one carbon 
monoxide detector is installed per floor in the 
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