Report to Congress on need for safe residential temperatures; regulations

(a) Report Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the Secretary), in consultation with the National Integrated Heat Health Information System, shall submit to the Congress a report— (1) identifying and compiling data on the availability of air conditioning in covered federally assisted rental dwelling units (as such term is defined in section 304); (2) identifying and setting forth safe residential temperature standards for such dwelling units; (3) estimating the cost for bringing all covered federally assisted rental dwelling units into compliance with such safe residential temperature standards; and (4) setting forth a plan and mechanisms for bringing all covered federally assisted rental dwelling units into compliance with the safe residential temperature standards. (b) Safe residential temperature standards Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations establishing safe residential temperature standards for covered federally assisted rental dwelling units based on the safe temperature standards identified in the report under subsection (a).