H.R. 9021

Stay Cool Act

Sponsor: Bonnie Watson Coleman

16 cosponsors

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Introduced May 22
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Introduced May 22
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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (May 22)

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Sec. 1. Short title

Sec. 2. Table of contents

I Heat Emergency

Sec. 101. National Integrated Heat Health Information System

Sec. 102. National ranking system

Sec. 103. Study on naming heat waves

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Weather Service shall—

(1) complete a study on the impact that naming heat waves has on public preparedness and response; and

(2) submit to the Congress a report containing the results of such study.

Sec. 104. Grants for checking on seniors during extreme heat events

Sec. 105. Study for improved tracking of data on deaths related to heat or other environmental factors

II Community Resilience and Cooling Centers

Sec. 201. Grants for community resilience centers

Sec. 202. Grants for community resilience and cooling centers to purchase or repair HVAC systems and passive cooling systems

Sec. 203. Grants for outreach and publicity regarding community resilience and cooling centers

Sec. 204. Payroll credit for cooling centers

III Housing

Sec. 301. Grants for providing cooling systems in public housing units

Sec. 302. Guidance on air conditioning costs and utility allowances

Sec. 303. Report to Congress on need for safe residential temperatures; regulations

Sec. 304. Grants for providing safe residential temperatures in all federally assisted dwellings

Sec. 305. Cooling device expenses

Sec. 306. Report on revising State allotment payments under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act

IV Urban Development

Sec. 401. Grants for construction of usable public water features

Sec. 402. Grant program to develop and improve high-quality urban green spaces

Sec. 403. Tree planting grant program

V Definitions

Sec. 501. Definitions