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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 3099 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants |
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| 6 | 6 | | to local governments for the training of local law enforcement officers |
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| 7 | 7 | | on public health threats arising from violations of building codes, and |
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| 8 | 8 | | for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL30, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | OSTA(for himself and Mr. VALADAO) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 13 | 13 | | was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to |
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| 16 | 16 | | make grants to local governments for the training of |
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| 17 | 17 | | local law enforcement officers on public health threats |
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| 18 | 18 | | arising from violations of building codes, and for other |
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| 19 | 19 | | purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safety Training for 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Officers on Public Health Threats Act’’ or the ‘‘STOP 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Health Threats Act’’. 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. GRANTS TO TRAIN LOCAL ENFORCEMENT OFFI-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | CERS ON PUBLIC HEALTH THREATS. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Housing and Urban Development and the heads of other 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | relevant agencies engaged in regulating building codes de-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | termined necessary by the Secretary of Health and 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Human Services, shall award grants to local governments 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | for the training of local enforcement officers on public 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | health threats arising from violations of building codes. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) U |
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| 41 | 41 | | SE OFFUNDS.—A local government receiving 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | a grant under this section shall use the grant to— 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) develop and implement a training program 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | for local enforcement officers on recognizing and re-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | sponding to public health threats described in sub-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | section (a); 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) partner with other local governments to col-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | laborate on such training; 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) in carrying out paragraphs (1) and (2), co-19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ordinate with— 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (A) relevant offices and agencies of the 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Federal, State, and local government, such as a 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | public health department; or 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (B) nongovernmental organizations with 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | issue area expertise; and 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (4) carry out any other activities deemed appro-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | priate by the Secretary for training described in sub-2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | section (a). 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (c) A |
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| 63 | 63 | | PPLICATION.—To seek a grant under subsection 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (a), a local government shall submit an application to the 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | such information as the Secretary may require. 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (d) P |
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| 68 | 68 | | RIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | tion, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants based 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | on— 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (1) their capacity to provide the training de-11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | scribed in subsection (a); and 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (2) prioritizing areas where threats have been 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | identified. 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (e) D |
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| 76 | 76 | | EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘enforce-15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ment officers’’ means those carrying out enforcement ac-16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | tivities and implement relevant consensus-based codes, 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | specifications, and standards that establish minimum ac-18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ceptable criteria for the design, construction, and mainte-19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | nance of residential structures and facilities. 20 |
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