YourVoice.Now Summary
Federal grants would train local building code officers to spot health threats from code violations in homes
The details
Most people would see no direct change in daily life. Local governments could apply for federal grants to train their building code officers. These are the local staff who enforce the rules for how homes and apartment buildings are built and kept up. The training would teach them to spot and respond to health threats caused by code violations. The Department of Health and Human Services would choose who gets grants, working with the housing department. Priority would go to places able to run the training and to areas where threats have been found. Cities and counties could team up on training. They could also work with health departments or nonprofit groups. The bill does not say how much money the grants would get. Despite the bill's long title, the officers covered are building code officers, not police.
Congressional Summary
Safety Training for Officers on Public Health Threats Act or the STOP Health Threats Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to local governments for the training of local enforcement officers on the public health threats resulting from building code violations.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-04-30
- Date Added
- 2026-10-17
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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