US HR3049

Bill

Evan's Law

Introduced
06/23/2017

In Committee
07/17/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

Evan's Law This bill requires the military department concerned to ensure that any window of a military family housing unit the bottom sill of which is within 36 inches of the floor is equipped with fall prevention devices that protect against unintentional falls by young children and that comply with applicable International Building Code (IBC) standards. Each department must brief the House Committee on Armed Services on the implementation of such requirement and include in the briefing: (1) a plan to retrofit existing military family housing units to meet such requirement; (2) the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of expanding such requirement to apply to windows with higher sills, modifying such requirement to require windows to be equipped with additional fall prevention devices that meet specified criteria, or extending such requirement to private housing leased or otherwise used by military families; and (3) the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of other potential methods to protect against unintentional window falls by young children in military family housing units.

AI Summary

This bill, known as Evan's Law, requires the military departments to ensure that any window in military family housing units with a bottom sill within 36 inches of the floor is equipped with fall prevention devices that comply with applicable International Building Code (IBC) standards. The departments must also brief the House Committee on Armed Services on their plans to retrofit existing units, the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of expanding the requirement to windows with higher sills or additional fall prevention devices, and the feasibility of extending the requirement to private housing used by military families. The goal is to protect against unintentional window falls by young children in military family housing.

Committee Categories

Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (1)

Mike Turner (R)*,

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. (on 07/17/2017)

Official Document

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3049/all-info

(2 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3049/all-info
BillText	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3049/BILLS-115hr3049ih.pdf
Bill	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3049/BILLS-115hr3049ih.pdf.pdf

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