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This bill establishes a grant program to improve fire safety in public housing by helping public housing agencies install automatic sprinkler systems in older housing projects. Specifically, the bill creates a competitive grant program where the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) can award funds to public housing agencies to retrofit existing housing projects with sprinkler systems, focusing on "exempted public housing projects" that are not newly constructed and not already required to have sprinklers. The bill authorizes $25 million per year from fiscal years 2025 to 2034 to support these grants. Additionally, the bill requires HUD to conduct inspections and submit a report to Congress within three years detailing the presence or absence of automatic sprinkler systems in public housing, with recommendations for improving fire safety. The bill defines key terms such as "automatic sprinkler system" and "public housing agency" and explicitly states that public housing agencies are not mandated to install sprinkler systems in exempted projects. The overall goal is to enhance fire safety in older public housing buildings by providing financial support for sprinkler system installations.

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