,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eifi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #be1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,rose of ,new ,york 7for      
himself1 ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 
,norton1 and ,mr4 ,grijalva7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish a   
grant program to provide amounts to     
public housing agencies to install      
automatic sprinkler systems in public   
housing1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,public ,housing ,fire ,safety ,act4
  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7 
the term automatic sprinkler system has 
the meaning given the term in section   
#ca7;a7 of the ,federal ,fire           
,prevention and ,control ,act of #aigd  
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #bbbg7;a772  7#b7 the    
term ,capital ,fund means the ,capital  
,fund established under section #i7;d7  
of the ,united ,states ,housing ,act of 
#aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;g7d772  7#c7 

the term exempted public housing project
 means a public housing project that--  
7,a7 is not a newly constructed         
multifamily property1 as defined in     
section #ca7;c77#b77;,a77ii7 of the     
,federal ,fire ,prevention and ,control 
,act of #aigd 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4            
#bbbg7;c77#b77;,a77ii772 and  7,b7 is   
not subject to the requirements under   
section #ca7;c7 of the ,federal ,fire   
,prevention and ,control ,act of #aigd  
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #bbbg7;c772  7#d7 the    
terms public housing and public housing 
agency have the meanings given those    
terms in section #c7;b7 of the ,united  
,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;a7b772 and  7#e7 the    
term ,secretary means the ,secretary of 
,housing and ,urban ,development4  #c4  
,inspections of public housing  7a7 ,in 
general ,with respect to inspections of 
public housing conducted by the         
,secretary1 including through the ,real 
,estate ,assessment ,center1 the        
,secretary shall report on the presence 

or absence of automatic sprinkler       
systems in the public housing project4  
7b7 ,report ,not later than #c years    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary shall1 based on    
inspections of public housing conducted 
during the #c-year period beginning on  
the date of enactment of this ,act1     
submit to ,congress a report on the     
presence or absence of automatic        
sprinkler systems in public housing1 in 
particular in exempted public housing   
projects1 which shall include           
recommendations to improve fire safety  
in exempted public housing projects4    
7c7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in   
this section shall be construed to      
require a public housing agency to      
install an automatic sprinkler system in
 an exempted public housing project4    
#d4 ,grant program to retrofit public   
housing with automatic sprinkler systems
  7a7 ,establishment ,the ,secretary    
shall establish a competitive grant     
program under which the ,secretary shall

 award grants to public housing agencies
 to install automatic sprinkler systems 
in exempted public housing projects4    
7b7 ,limitation ,a public housing agency
 may not use amounts received under this
 section to install automatic sprinkler 
systems in a rebuilt multifamily        
property1 as defined in section         
#ca7;c77#b77;,a77iii7 of the ,federal   
,fire ,prevention and ,control ,act of  
#aigd 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4                    
#bbbg7;c77#b77;,a77iii774  7c7          
,authorization of appropriations ,in    
addition to amounts appropriated to the 
,capital ,fund under any other provision
 of law1 there is authorized to be      
appropriated to the ,capital ,fund      
#be1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjbj through #bjbi to carry out this   
section4