# 116-hr-5969: Public Housing Fire Safety Act

116-hr-5969, Public Housing Fire Safety Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5969
- Congress: 116
- Title: Public Housing Fire Safety Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced: 2020-02-25
- Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Public Housing Fire Safety Act This bill creates a grant program, to be administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems in certain public housing projects.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- PETER KING (R-NY), 2020-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2020-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2020-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-4194: National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2019
- 116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-3131: South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-5969 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5969)

## Related
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- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-4194: National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4194)
- [116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4104)
- [116-hr-3131: South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3131)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5969 (as of 2025-11-18).