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H.R. 4359

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4359, the Public Housing Fire Safety Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 10, 2025 by Rep. Bonnie Coleman (D) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Financial Services, and last saw action on Jul 10, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Record

Text

H.R. 4359 has 4 co-sponsors.

hb4359/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4359 IH: Public Housing Fire Safety Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-10
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4359  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 10, 2025   Mrs. Watson Coleman  (for herself and  Mr. Rutherford ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Financial Services    A BILL
To establish a grant program to provide amounts to public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in public housing, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Public Housing Fire Safety Act  .
2.
Definitions
In this Act—
(1)
the term  automatic sprinkler system  has the meaning given the term in section 31(a) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2227(a) );
(2)
the term  Capital Fund  means the Capital Fund established under section 9(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) );
(3)
the term  exempted public housing project  means a public housing project that—
(A)
is not a newly constructed multifamily property, as defined in section 31(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2227(c)(2)(A)(ii) ); and
(B)
is not subject to the requirements under section 31(c) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2227(c) );
(4)
the terms  public housing  and  public housing agency  have the meanings given those terms in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b) ); and
(5)
the term  Secretary  means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
3.
Inspections of public housing
(a)
In general
With respect to inspections of public housing conducted by the Secretary, including through the Real Estate Assessment Center, the Secretary shall report on the presence or absence of automatic sprinkler systems in public housing.
(b)
Report
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, based on inspections of public housing conducted during the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report on the presence or absence of automatic sprinkler systems in public housing, in particular in exempted public housing projects, which shall include recommendations to improve fire safety in exempted public housing projects.
(c)
Rule of construction
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a public housing agency to install an automatic sprinkler system in an exempted public housing project.
4.
Grant program to retrofit public housing with automatic sprinkler systems
(a)
Establishment
The Secretary shall establish a competitive grant program under which the Secretary shall award grants to public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in exempted public housing projects.
(b)
Limitation
A public housing agency may not use amounts received under this section to install automatic sprinkler systems in a rebuilt multifamily property, as defined in section 31(c)(2)(B)(iii) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2227(c)(2)(B)(iii) ).
(c)
Authorization of appropriations
In addition to amounts appropriated to the Capital Fund under any other provision of law, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Capital Fund $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2034 to carry out this section.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-07-10
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To establish a grant program to provide amounts to public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in public housing, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Bonnie Coleman (D) sponsors H.R. 4359, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 4359 went before 1 committee: Financial Services.

Financial Services
Financial Services
Referred To · Jul 10, 2025 · 559 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4359 has taken 2 actions since Jul 10, 2025.

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

Votes

H.R. 4359 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 4359 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Public Housing Fire Safety Act — Display Title
  • Public Housing Fire Safety Act — Short Title(s) 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 17 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4359 in 12 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Housing, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Medicare/Medicaid, Transportation, Alcohol and Drug Abuse.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia15—
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL—District of Columbia14—
NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATION——13$90K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA15—
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL14—
MCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC13$90K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
BRETT HEWITT115
DAVID PEARCE115
DONALD GRIFFIN115
MONA DOOLEY115
ROBERT GORDON115
SAM WHITFIELD115
STEF ZIELEZIENSKI115
THERESA PETTIGREW115
RYAN WOODWARD114
ANDREW QUINN113
BRANDON REA113
ELIZABETH FOLEY113
JASON HOIS113
CORY MAKS112
KATE CAREY111
MATTHEW LAMY111
WESTON HAYCOCK111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2026 second_quarter$2.1M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2026 first_quarter$1.4M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2025 third_quarter$1.4M3rd Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2025 third_quarter$1.4M3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA2025 fourth_quarter$1.4M4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATIONMCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC2026 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATIONMCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC2025 fourth_quarter$30K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATIONMCALLISTER & QUINN, LLC2025 third_quarter$30K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCILNATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL2026 second_quarter$10K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCILNATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL2026 first_quarter$10K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCILNATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL2025 fourth_quarter$10K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCILNATIONAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COUNCIL2025 third_quarter$10K3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4359 under Housing and Community Development, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4359’s is Housing and Community Development.

hr4359/policy-areas.txt
Housing and Community DevelopmentAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4359, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 119 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN:H.R. 4359.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall havePower . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.[Page H3202]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com