[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1733 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1733

To amend title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
 Act to reserve amounts made available to participating jurisdictions 
  under subtitle A of such title to provide smoke detectors and other 
fire safety devices in single room occupancy housing that qualifies as 
                       affordable rental housing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 1993

Mr. Gutierrez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
            Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
 Act to reserve amounts made available to participating jurisdictions 
  under subtitle A of such title to provide smoke detectors and other 
fire safety devices in single room occupancy housing that qualifies as 
                       affordable rental housing.

    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 ``Single Room Occupancy Housing Fire 
Safety Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE USES OF INVESTMENT.

    Section 212(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12742(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and to provide tenant-
        based rental assistance'' and inserting ``to provide tenant-
        based rental assistance, and to provide fire safety devices in 
        single room occupancy rental housing that qualifies as 
        affordable housing''; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(4) Fire safety devices in sro housing.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A participating jurisdiction may 
                use funds provided under this subtitle for providing 
                fire safety devices for, and installing such devices 
                in, single room occupancy housing for rental that 
                qualifies as affordable housing under this title.
                    ``(B) Definitions.--For purposes of this paragraph:
                            ``(i) The term `fire safety devices' means 
                        (I) automatic sprinkler systems, as such term 
                        is defined in section 31(a) of the Federal Fire 
                        Prevention and Control Act of 1974, (II) smoke 
                        detectors, as such term is defined in such 
                        section, including hard-wired or battery-
                        operated smoke detectors, or (III) mechanical 
                        devices to automatically close doors.
                            ``(ii) The term `single room occupancy 
                        housing' means housing composed primarily or 
                        exclusively of dwelling units for occupancy by 
                        1 person, including units containing food 
                        preparation or sanitary facilities, or both.''.

SEC. 3. RESERVATION OF AMOUNTS.

    Section 218 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12748) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (h), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``and the status of any amounts reserved 
        under subsection (h)'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (h) (as amended by 
        paragraph (1)) as subsection (i); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(h) Reservation of Amounts for Fire Safety in SRO Housing.--
            ``(1) In general.--For any participating jurisdiction whose 
        approved housing strategy or annual update for a fiscal year 
        does not include a certification under section 105(b)(20), the 
        Secretary shall reserve 0.5 percent of any amounts allocated to 
        the HOME Investment Trust Fund of the jurisdiction for the 
        fiscal year for use only for the purpose under section 
        212(a)(4) and may permit a participating jurisdiction to draw 
        funds from such amounts reserved only after providing 
        certification under subsection (d) that the funds will be used 
        for such purpose.
            ``(2) Expiration of reservation.--Any amounts reserved 
        under this subsection that are not placed under binding 
        commitment for use under section 212(a)(4) within 6 months 
        after the last day of the month in which such funds are 
        deposited in the participating jurisdiction's HOME Investment 
        Trust Fund shall be available for use by the participating 
        jurisdiction for any purpose authorized under section 212(a), 
        subject to the other provisions of this title.''.

SEC. 4. COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY.

    Section 105(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12705(b)) is amended by adding after paragraph (17) (as 
added by section 220(b)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (Public Law 102-550; 106 Stat. 3761) and redesignated by 
section 220(c)(1) of such Act (106 Stat. 3762)), the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(20) in the case of any jurisdiction in which any single 
        room occupancy rental housing in the jurisdiction that 
        qualifies as affordable housing is adequately protected by fire 
        safety devices (as such term is defined in section 
        212(a)(4)(B)) or any jurisdiction having no single room 
        occupancy housing, a certification that such housing is so 
        protected and that reservation of amounts under section 218(h) 
        is unnecessary.''.

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