1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Building Collapse Prevention Act . 2. Inspection of covered Federally assisted rental housing (a) In general The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, establish a program under which the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall— (1) if requested by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development after a qualifying event or a Member of the United States House of Representatives or the United States Senate who’s district contains such building after a qualifying event, inspect any building containing covered Federally assisted rental housing and identify any structural issues that could lead such building to collapse; or (2) if a building containing covered Federally assisted rental housing collapses, inspect the remains of such building. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered Federally assisted rental housing The term covered Federally assisted rental housing means a residential dwelling unit that is made available for rental and for which assistance is provided, or that is part of a housing project for which assistance is provided, under any program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary of Agriculture including— (A) the public housing program under the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq. ); (B) the program for rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ); (C) the HOME Investment Partnerships program under title II of the Cranton-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq. ); (D) title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq. ); (E) the Housing Trust Fund program under section 1338 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C 4568); (F) the program for supportive housing for the elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q )