HR 4359 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Public Housing Fire Safety Act

Introduced Jul 10, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ

Latest action · Jul 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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.

IntroducedJul 10, 2025
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 5

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 10, 2025 to Oct 1, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Jul 10, 2025
D-MN	Angie Craig		Nov 17, 2025
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Aug 13, 2026
R-NE	Don Bacon		Aug 31, 2026
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Oct 1, 2026

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Jul 10, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 10, 2025Introduced in House
Jul 10, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 119, July 10, 2025, page H3202.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 5580	Public Housing Fire Safety Act	Related bill	Sep 29, 2026

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To establish a grant program to provide amounts to public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in public housing, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Public Housing Fire Safety Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

Housing and Community Development

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 10, 2025Introduced in House

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