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The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, requires each unit of Federally assisted housing to contain hardwired or 10-year non- rechargeable, non-replaceable, sealed, tamper-resistant, primary battery-powered smoke alarm devices containing silencing means, and provides notification for persons with hearing loss as required by applicable law (Qualifying Smoke Alarm requirements).","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Rural Housing Service","name":"Rural Housing Service","id":458,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/rural-housing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/458","parent_id":12,"slug":"rural-housing-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2024/12/19/2024-30216.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"3560","title":7}],"citation":"89 FR 103627","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This final rule is effective January 21, 2025.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No RHS-24-MFH-0035"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[],"agency_name":"RHS","documents":[{"comment_count":0,"comment_start_date":"2024-12-19","updated_at":"2024-12-19T09:23:02.797-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/RHS_FRDOC_0001-0597","allow_late_comments":false,"id":"RHS_FRDOC_0001-0597","comment_end_date":null,"regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":0,"id":"RHS_FRDOC_0001","title":"Recently Posted RHS Rules and Notices."}],"document_number":"2024-30216","effective_on":"2025-01-21","end_page":103631,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2024/12/19/2024-30216.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/19/2024-30216/revisions-to-the-smoke-alarm-requirements-in-the-section-515-rural-rental-housing-and-section-514516","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2024-30216?publication_date=2024-12-19","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2024-12-19/2024-30216/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":5,"page_views":{"count":736,"last_updated":"2026-06-23 22:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-19/pdf/2024-30216.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30216.pdf?1734529539","publication_date":"2024-12-19","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2024/12/19/2024-30216.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0575-AD35":{"issue":"202410","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0575-AD35/7-cfr-3560-revisions-to-the-smoke-alarm-requirements-in-section-515-rural-rental-housing-and-section","title":"7 CFR 3560--Revisions to the Smoke Alarm Requirements in Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing Direct Loan Programs--Final Rule","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=202410&RIN=0575-AD35&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["0575-AD35"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_count":0,"agency_id":"RHS","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=RHS_FRDOC_0001","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"RHS_FRDOC_0001","document_id":"RHS_FRDOC_0001-0597","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Recently Posted RHS Rules and Notices.","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2024-12-20T13:00:08Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":103627,"subtype":null,"title":"Revisions to the Smoke Alarm Requirements in the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing Direct Loan Programs","toc_doc":"Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing Direct Loan Programs","toc_subject":"Smoke Alarm Requirements","topics":["Accounting","Administrative practice and procedure","Aged","Government property management","Grant programs-housing and community development","Insurance","Loan programs-agriculture","Loan programs-housing and community development","Low and moderate income housing","Migrant labor","Mortgages","Nonprofit organizations","Public housing","Rent subsidies","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Rural areas"],"type":"Rule","volume":89}