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Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2001

Introduced: February 6, 2001 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Feb 6, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 6, 2001
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2001 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each eligible institution participating in any program under title IV (Student Assistance) to: (1) prepare, publish, and distribute to all current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or employment upon request, an annual fire safety report which discloses specified types of information about that institution's campus fire safety standards and practices; (2) make periodic reports to the campus community on fires and false alarms that are reported to local fire departments, to aid in preventing similar occurrences; and (3) submit annually to the Secretary of Education a copy of statistics on campus occurrences of fires and false fire alarms.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) review such statistics; (2) make copies available to the public; (3) identify exemplary fire safety policies, procedures, and practices, and disseminate information concerning those policies, procedures, and practices that have proven effective in the reduction of campus fires; and (4) report to the Congress analyses of the current status of fire safety systems in college and university facilities, and of the appropriate fire safety standards to apply to these facilities, as well as cost estimates and recommendations.

What's happening now March 22, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

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