Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990

Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990
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Long title	An Act to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to allow for the development and issuance of guidelines concerning the use and installation of automatic sprinkler systems and smoke detectors in places of public accommodation affecting commerce, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	HMFSA
Nicknames	Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1989
Enacted by	the 101st United States Congress
Effective	September 25, 1990
Public law	101-391
Statutes at Large	104 Stat. 747
Codification
Acts amended	Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974
Titles amended	15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections amended	15 U.S.C. ch. 49 § 2201 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 94 by Sherwood Boehlert (R–NY) on January 3, 1989 Committee consideration by House Science, Space and Technology, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Passed the House on November 17, 1989 (passed voice vote) Passed the Senate on August 4, 1990 (passed voice vote) with amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on September 10, 1990 (agreed voice vote) Signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on September 25, 1990

Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990 was established to acknowledge the evolving apprehension of fire safety criteria for the hospitality industry. The United States federal statute was an amendment to the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 implementing an adjunct promoting fire and life safety decrees for domiciles providing public accommodations.

H.R. 94 legislation was passed by the 101st U.S. Congressional session and enacted by the 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush on September 25, 1990.

The U.S. Congress issued a proclamation related to fire and life safety safeguards with regards to hotel and motel dwellings.

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, 15 U.S.C. § 2201 et seq., is amended by the addition of the following sections.