Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler Notification Act
Latest action · Nov 17, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 19, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Kerry Rose Fire Sprinkler Notification Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in title IV programs to include in their annual fire safety report: (1) the number and percentage of beds at their student housing facilities that are protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom, and (2) the number and percentage that are not so protected.
Directs the Secretary of Education to make publicly available statistics on the number and percentage, in the aggregate and by state, of:
- student housing facilities at IHEs with less than 100% of the beds protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system in the bedroom,
- student housing facilities at IHEs with less than 50% of the beds so protected,
- beds at student housing facilities at IHEs that are so protected, and
- beds at such facilities that are not so protected.
Defines "student housing facilities" to include facilities that are campus facilities and facilities that are noncampus buildings or properties.
Requires IHEs that maintain student housing facilities to:
- include in all materials relating to such facilities information on whether they are equipped with a fire safety system that includes an automatic fire sprinkler system in each bedroom,
- give students who are selecting a student housing facility written notice as to whether or not the facility has such a system, and
- give students written notice on the date they move into a student housing facility as to whether the facility has such a system and how its fire safety system is described in the IHE's annual fire safety report.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 19, 2014 to Sep 10, 2014, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 19, 2014 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | May 19, 2014 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | May 19, 2014 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | May 19, 2014 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | May 19, 2014 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 19, 2014 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | May 19, 2014 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | May 19, 2014 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | May 19, 2014 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | May 19, 2014 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | May 19, 2014 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Jul 31, 2014 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Sep 10, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- May 19, 2014Introduced in House
- May 19, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Subjects
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- May 19, 2014Introduced in House
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