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S. 265IntroducedHOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Public Housing Fire Safety Act

Building construction · Congressional oversight · Fires
Sponsor
Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
D · MN
Key facts
Introduced: Feb 4, 2021
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 2
Congress: 117th
Latest action · Jul 20, 2021
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-570.

Summary

Public Housing Fire Safety Act

This bill creates a grant program, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in certain public housing projects.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Jul 20, 2021
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-570.
  2. Feb 4, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  3. Feb 4, 2021
    Introduced in Senate

Cosponsors

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