[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7360 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7360

To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to permanently authorize 
    the emergency safety and security grant program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2026

   Mr. Goldman of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to permanently authorize 
    the emergency safety and security grant program, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EMERGENCY SAFETY AND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 9(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (K), by striking ``appropriate; 
                and'' and inserting ``appropriate;'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(M) the emergency safety and security grant 
                program established under paragraph (4).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Emergency safety and security grant program.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an 
                emergency safety and security grant program to award 
                grants of amounts appropriated under this paragraph, in 
                addition to a set-aside amount determined by the 
                Secretary from the annual formula of the Capital Fund, 
                to public housing agencies to purchase, install, 
                repair, or replace items relating to security and 
                safety.
                    ``(B) Applications.--
                            ``(i) In general.--To be eligible to 
                        receive a grant under this paragraph, a public 
                        housing agency shall submit to the Secretary an 
                        application at such time, in such manner, and 
                        containing such information as the Secretary 
                        may require.
                            ``(ii) Multiple applications.--A public 
                        housing agency may submit a separate grant 
                        application for each use under subparagraph 
                        (C).
                    ``(C) Use of funds.--A public housing agency that 
                receives a grant under this paragraph shall use the 
                grant to purchase, install, repair, or replace--
                            ``(i) items that address the threat to 
                        safety posed by crime and drug-related 
                        activity, including--
                                    ``(I) security systems and cameras;
                                    ``(II) fencing;
                                    ``(III) lighting systems;
                                    ``(IV) emergency alarm systems;
                                    ``(V) window bars;
                                    ``(VI) deadbolt locks; or
                                    ``(VII) doors; or
                            ``(ii) items that address the threat to 
                        health and safety posed by--
                                    ``(I) the presence of carbon 
                                monoxide, including carbon monoxide 
                                alarms and carbon monoxide detectors;
                                    ``(II) fire, including smoke 
                                detectors and heat detectors; or
                                    ``(III) extreme temperatures, 
                                including to comply with any model 
                                guidelines established by the Secretary 
                                with respect to minimum heating 
                                requirements in public housing.
                    ``(D) Grant amounts.--The Secretary may not award 
                more than $250,000 to a public housing agency in a 
                fiscal year unless such public housing agency is 
                categorized as extra large by the Secretary, or unless 
                such public housing agency has more than 5,000 units.
                    ``(E) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition 
                to any amounts appropriated under subsection (c)(2)(A), 
                there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
                to carry out this paragraph $225,000,000 in each fiscal 
                year following the date of the enactment of this 
                paragraph.''.
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