3.0.0 3574 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z 2020-02-10T17:02:40Z Senate S S 2008-09-25 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-25T16:03:18Z Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act 110 642 HR 2008-10-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2008-09-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-09-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-09-25 True Education Alaska Black colleges Colleges Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational statistics Emergency Management Equipment and supplies Evidence (Law) Federal aid to education Fire prevention Fraternal organizations Hawaii Hawaiians Higher education Hispanic Americans Housing and Community Development Indian education Indigenous peoples Law Minorities Minority education Social Welfare Student housing Students Education 00 2008-09-25 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-31T19:27:33Z Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive demonstration grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs), fraternities, and sororities for up to half the cost of installing fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in student housing and dormitories owned or controlled by such entities.

Gives grant priority to applicants that demonstrate the greatest financial need.

Reserves the following portions of grant funds made available for each fiscal year: (1) at least 10% for historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribally controlled colleges and universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, and IHEs that are eligible for Institutional Aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965; and (2) at least 10% for social fraternities and sororities.

Provides that any application for assistance under this Act, any negative determination on the part of the Secretary with respect to such application, or any statement of reasons for the determination, shall not be admissible as evidence in any proceeding of any court, agency, board, or other entity (except a proceeding to enforce an agreement entered into between the Secretary and a grantee under this Act).]]>

Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act Short Titles as Introduced Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act Display Title Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in qualified student housing and dormitories, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3574is/xml/BILLS-110s3574is.xml 2008-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.