Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler Notification Act

Bill: 113-hr-4675
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2014-05-19
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs

Educational facilities and institutions

Fires

Higher education
Latest action: action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler Notification Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in title IV programs to include in their annual fire safety report: (1) the number and percentage of beds at their student housing facilities that are protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom, and (2) the number and percentage that are not so protected.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Education to make publicly available statistics on the number and percentage, in the aggregate and by state, of:</p> <ul> <li>student housing facilities at IHEs with less than 100% of the beds protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom,</li> <li>student housing facilities at IHEs with less than 50% of the beds so protected,</li> <li>beds at student housing facilities at IHEs that are so protected, and </li> <li>beds at such facilities that are not so protected.</li> </ul> <p>Defines &quot;student housing facilities&quot; to include facilities that are campus facilities and facilities that are noncampus buildings or properties.</p> <p>Requires IHEs that maintain student housing facilities to:</p> <ul> <li>include in all materials relating to such facilities information on whether they are equipped with a fire safety system that includes an automatic fire sprinkler system in each bedroom,</li> <li>give students who are selecting a student housing facility written notice as to whether or not the facility has such a system, and</li> <li>give students written notice on the date they move into a student housing facility as to whether the facility has such a system and how its fire safety system is described in the IHE's annual fire safety report.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4675 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2014 Mr. Israel (for himself, Ms. Norton , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Rangel , Mr. Pascrell , Ms. Shea-Porter , Mrs. McCarthy of New York , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Langevin , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Cleaver , and Mr. McGovern ) introduced the following 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler Notification Act . 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)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting automatic before fire sprinkler ; (B) by striking and at the end of subparagraph (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 automatic 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— (i) student housing facilities at eligible institutions with less than 100 percent of beds protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom; (ii) student housing facilities at eligible 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 bedroom; and (iv) beds at student housing facilities at eligible institutions not protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (8) Definition For purposes of this subsection: (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 noncampus 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). . 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 maintains 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 facilities 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 selection process, in writing and during such selection process, whether the facility is equipped with a student housing facility fire safety system, which includes an automatic fire sprinkler system in each bedroom; and (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 bedroom, and how such system is described in subparagraph (B) of section 485(i)(1) for purposes of the fire safety report required under such section. .