Sec. 3. Carbon monoxide alarms or detectors in federally assisted housing

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The United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended— in section 3(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(a) ), by adding at the end the following: 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— 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 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 in section 8 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f )— by inserting after subsection

(i)the following: 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— 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 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 in subsection (o), by adding at the end the following: 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— 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 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. . Section 202(j) of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q(j) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 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— 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 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. . 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: Each dwelling unit assisted under this section shall contain installed carbon monoxide alarms or detectors that meet or exceed— 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 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. . 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: Each dwelling unit assisted under this subtitle shall contain installed carbon monoxide alarms or detectors that meet or exceed— 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 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. . Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 ( 42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) is amended— in section 514 ( 42 U.S.C. 1484 ), by adding at the end the following: Housing and related facilities constructed with loans under this section shall contain installed carbon monoxide alarms or detectors that meet or exceed— 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 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 in section 515 ( 42 U.S.C. 1485 )— in subsection (m), by inserting

(1)before The Secretary shall establish ; and by adding at the end the following: 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— 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 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. . 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. The amendments made by subsections

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(d)shall take effect on the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, $101,400,000 per year for each of fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022. 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.

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