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