S.Amdt. 1021

SA 1021. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr.
Cramer, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Perdue, and Mr. Jones)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 948
proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making appropriations for
the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II of division D, insert
the following:
Sec. 2__. (a) The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 3(a) (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)), by adding at the
end the following:
``(8) Carbon monoxide alarms.--Each public housing agency
shall ensure that carbon monoxide alarms or detectors are
installed in each dwelling unit in public housing owned or
operated by the public housing agency in a manner that meets
or exceeds--
``(A) the standards described in chapters 9 and 11 of the
2018 publication of the International Fire Code, as published
by the International Code Council; or
``(B) any other standards as may be adopted by the
Secretary, including any relevant updates to the
International Fire Code, through a notice published in the
Federal Register.''; and
(2) in section 8 (42 U.S.C. 1437f)--
(A) by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
``(j) Carbon Monoxide Alarms.--Each owner of a dwelling
unit receiving project-based assistance under this section
shall ensure that carbon monoxide alarms or detectors are
installed in the dwelling unit in a manner that meets or
exceeds--
``(1) the standards described in chapters 9 and 11 of the
2018 publication of the International Fire Code, as published
by the International Code Council; or
``(2) any other standards as may be adopted by the
Secretary, including any relevant updates to the
International Fire Code, through a notice published in the
Federal Register.''; and
(B) in subsection (o), by adding at the end the following:
``(21) Carbon monoxide alarms.--Each dwelling unit
receiving tenant-based assistance or project-based assistance
under this subsection shall have carbon monoxide alarms or
detectors installed in the dwelling unit in a manner that
meets or exceeds--
``(A) the standards described in chapters 9 and 11 of the
2018 publication of the International Fire Code, as published
by the International Code Council; or
``(B) any other standards as may be adopted by the
Secretary, including any relevant updates to the
International Fire Code, through a notice published in the
Federal Register.''.
(b) Section 202(j) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(9) Carbon monoxide alarms.--Each owner of a dwelling
unit assisted under this section shall ensure that carbon
monoxide alarms or detectors are installed in the dwelling
unit in a manner that meets or exceeds--
``(A) the standards described in chapters 9 and 11 of the
2018 publication of the International Fire Code, as published
by the International Code Council; or
``(B) any other standards as may be adopted by the
Secretary, including any relevant updates to the
International Fire Code, through a notice published in the
Federal Register.''.
(c) Section 811(j) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(j)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(7) Carbon monoxide alarms.--Each dwelling unit assisted
under this section shall contain installed carbon monoxide
alarms or detectors that meet or exceed--
``(A) the standards described in chapters 9 and 11 of the
2018 publication of the International Fire Code, as published
by the International Code Council; or
``(B) any other standards as may be adopted by the
Secretary, including any relevant updates to the
International Fire Code, through a notice published in the
Federal Register.''.
(d) Section 856 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12905) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) Carbon Monoxide Alarms.--Each dwelling unit assisted
under this subtitle shall contain installed carbon monoxide
alarms or detectors that meet or exceed--
``(1) the standards described in chapters 9 and 11 of the
2018 publication of the International Fire Code, as published
by the International Code Council; or
``(2) any other standards as may be adopted by the
Secretary, including any relevant updates to the
International Fire Code, through a notice published in the
Federal Register.''.
(e) Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et
seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 514 (42 U.S.C. 1484), by adding at the end
the following:
``(j) Housing and related facilities constructed with loans
under this section shall contain installed carbon monoxide
alarms or detectors that meet or exceed--
``(1) the standards described in chapters 9 and 11 of the
2018 publication of the International Fire Code, as published
by the International Code Council; or
``(2) any other standards as may be adopted by the
Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, including any relevant updates to the
International Fire Code, through a notice published in the
Federal Register.''; and
(2) in section 515 (42 U.S.C. 1485)--
(A) in subsection (m), by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The
Secretary shall establish''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Housing and related facilities rehabilitated or
repaired with amounts received under a loan made or insured
under this section shall contain installed carbon monoxide
alarms or detectors that meet or exceed--
``(A) the standards described in chapters 9 and 11 of the
2018 publication of the International Fire Code, as published
by the International Code Council; or
``(B) any other standards as may be adopted by the
Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, including any relevant updates to the
International Fire Code, through a notice published in the
Federal Register.''.
(f) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
provide guidance to public housing agencies (as defined in
section 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)) on how to educate tenants on health
hazards in the home, including to carbon monoxide poisoning,
lead poisoning, asthma induced by housing-related allergens,
and other housing-related preventable outcomes, to help
advance primary prevention and prevent future deaths and
other harms.
(g) Nothing in the amendments made by this section shall be
construed to preempt or limit the applicability of any State
or local law relating to the installation and maintenance of
carbon monoxide alarms or detectors in housing that requires
standards that are more stringent than the standards
described in the amendments made by this section.
(h) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in
consultation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
shall conduct a study and issue a publicly available report
on requiring carbon monoxide alarms or detectors in federally
assisted housing that is not covered in the amendments made
by this section.
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