S. 5580

Public Housing Fire Safety Act

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Sec. 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.