Title: Carbon Monoxide Alarms Leading Every Resident To Safety Act of 2019
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
Safe Housing for Families Act of 2019
This bill requires the installation of at least one carbon monoxide detector per floor in each unit of specified federally assisted housing. Specifically, the requirement applies to (1) supportive housing for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, (2) public housing, and (3) rental housing for which the owner receives low-income voucher assistance.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1690 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1690

  To require carbon monoxide detectors in certain federally assisted 
                    housing, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2019

  Mr. Garcia of Illinois (for himself, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Moore, Ms. 
  Clarke of New York, Ms. Velazquez, 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

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Housing for Families Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.

    (a) Supportive Housing for the Elderly.--Subsection (j) of section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1949 (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 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) Supportive Housing for Persons With Disabilities.--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.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each dwelling unit assisted 
                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 Secretary 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 protection 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 dwelling unit in accordance with standards 
                and criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the 
                protection of occupants in the dwelling unit.
                    ``(B) Rehabilitation.--With respect to public 
                housing for which a public housing agency is undergoing 
                or planning a substantial rehabilitation project, the 
                public housing agency shall ensure that, during that 
                rehabilitation, not less than one carbon monoxide 
                detector is installed per floor in each dwelling unit 
                located in that public housing in accordance with 
                standards and criteria acceptable to the Secretary for 
                the protection of occupants in the dwelling unit.''.
    (d) Section 8 Housing.--Subsection (o) of section 8 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(21) Carbon monoxide detectors.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each owner of a dwelling unit 
                receiving tenant-based assistance or project-based 
                assistance under this subsection 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.--With respect to a property 
                receiving tenant-based assistance or project-based 
                assistance for which the owner is undergoing or 
                planning a substantial rehabilitation project, the 
                owner shall ensure that, during that rehabilitation, 
                not less than one carbon monoxide detector is installed 
                per floor in each dwelling unit assisted in that 
                property in accordance with standards and criteria 
                acceptable to the Secretary for the protection of 
                occupants in the dwelling unit.''.
    (e) Additional Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out the amendments made by this Act $1,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2029.
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