HR 2145 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

College Fire Prevention Act

Introduced Jun 13, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH

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Latest action · Aug 20, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 13, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

College Fire Prevention Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to States, private or public colleges or universities, fraternities, or sororities for up to half the cost of providing fire sprinkler systems in student housing and dormitories.

Directs the Comptroller General to gather, and report to Congress, data on the number of college and university housing facilities and dormitories that have and do not have fire sprinkler systems and other forms of built-in fire protection mechanisms.

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.

Cosponsors 67

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2001 to Jul 26, 2002; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PACurt WeldonOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-OHDavid L. HobsonOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-NYFelix J. Grucci Jr.OriginalJun 13, 2001
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJun 13, 2001
R-NYSherwood BoehlertOriginalJun 13, 2001
D-MABill DelahuntJun 19, 2001
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldJun 19, 2001
R-PAMelissa A. HartJun 19, 2001
D-OHSherrod BrownJun 19, 2001
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerJun 20, 2001
D-CABarbara LeeJun 20, 2001
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonJun 20, 2001
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Jun 20, 2001
D-ILBobby L. RushJun 20, 2001
D-FLCarrie P. MeekJun 20, 2001
D-PAChaka FattahJun 20, 2001
D-GACynthia A. McKinneyJun 20, 2001
D-NJDonald M. PayneJun 20, 2001
D-ALEarl F. HilliardJun 20, 2001
R-KYEd WhitfieldJun 20, 2001
D-NYEdolphus TownsJun 20, 2001
D-MDElijah E. CummingsJun 20, 2001
D-NCEva M. ClaytonJun 20, 2001
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Jun 20, 2001
D-NYGregory W. MeeksJun 20, 2001
R-NYJames T. WalshJun 20, 2001
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.Jun 20, 2001
D-GAJohn LewisJun 20, 2001
D-NYJoseph CrowleyJun 20, 2001
D-NYMajor R. OwensJun 20, 2001
D-TXMartin FrostJun 20, 2001
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Jun 20, 2001
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeJun 20, 2001
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonJun 20, 2001
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayJun 20, 2001
D-MIDale E. KildeeJun 25, 2001
D-NCDavid E. PriceJun 25, 2001
D-MAJames P. McGovernJun 25, 2001
D-CAZoe LofgrenJun 25, 2001
D-CATom LantosJun 27, 2001
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsJun 28, 2001
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenJun 28, 2001
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezJul 10, 2001
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezJul 12, 2001
D-OHDennis J. KucinichJul 17, 2001
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Jul 17, 2001
D-NJRush HoltJul 18, 2001
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsJul 23, 2001
D-MIDavid E. BoniorJul 24, 2001
D-NYJerrold NadlerSep 10, 2001
R-PAPhil EnglishSep 10, 2001
D-WITammy BaldwinSep 10, 2001
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOct 17, 2001
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonMay 22, 2002
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyMay 22, 2002
D-MEJohn Elias BaldacciMay 22, 2002
D-INJulia CarsonMay 22, 2002
R-OHMichael G. OxleyMay 22, 2002
D-TXNick LampsonMay 22, 2002
D-VARick BoucherMay 22, 2002
R-ILJohn ShimkusJun 6, 2002
D-MOIke SkeltonJul 16, 2002
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickJul 26, 2002
D-SCJames E. ClyburnJul 26, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jun 13, 2001
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred Aug 20, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 20, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  2. Jun 13, 2001Introduced in House
  3. Jun 13, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H3634Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OHJun 27, 2001

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 399College Fire Prevention ActIdentical billFeb 27, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in public and private college and university housing and dormitories, including fraternity and sorority housing and dormitories.
Short Titles as Introduced
College Fire Prevention Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 13, 2001Introduced in House

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