[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4405 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4405

To require institutions of higher education to notify students whether 
 student housing facilities are equipped with automatic fire sprinkler 
                                systems.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2016

  Mr. Israel (for himself, Mr. Tonko, and Ms. Norton) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require institutions of higher education to notify students whether 
 student housing facilities are equipped with automatic fire sprinkler 
                                systems.

    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 ``Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler 
Notification Act''.

SEC. 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).''.

SEC. 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.''.
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