HR 3360 · 102th Congress · Emergency Management

Federal Fire Safety Act of 1992

Introduced 1991-09-17· Sponsored by Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]· House

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Latest: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.(1992-08-11)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Federal Fire Safety Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to prohibit the use of Federal funds to: (1) construct, purchase, or lease a newly constructed Federal office building, other than housing, having more than 25 full-time Federal employees nor to renovate one with five or more stories unless the entire building includes automatic sprinkler systems or an equivalent level of safety, with specified exceptions; and (2) increase the number of employees in such building by more than 100 employees over that as of enactment of this Act without such system or level of safety. Prohibits the use of such funds after the enactment of this Act: (1) to construct, purchase, lease, rebuild, or operate Federal Government housing for Federal employees and their dependents; (2) multifamily housing for Federal employees subsidized by the Federal Government; and (3) rental assistance housing, without automatic sprinkler systems and smoke detectors (in some cases smoke detectors alone). Directs the: (1) Administrator of the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration (Administrator) to promulgate regulations implementing this Act; and (2) head of any Feder…

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Cosponsors (20)

15 Democrats5 Republicans