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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3891 

To improve research on health hazards in housing, to enhance the capacity 

of programs to reduce such hazards, to require outreach, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 21, 2009 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To improve research on health hazards in housing, to enhance the capacity of programs to reduce such hazards, 

to require outreach, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Safe and Healthy Housing Act of 2009’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

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Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—RESEARCH ON HEALTH HAZARDS IN HOUSING 

Sec. 101. Health effects of housing-related health hazards. 

Sec. 102. Evidence-based, cost-effective methods for assessment, prevention, 

and control of housing-related health hazards. 

Sec. 103. Study on sustainable building features and indoor environmental 

quality in existing housing. 

Sec. 104. Data collection on housing-related health hazards. 

TITLE II—CAPACITY TO REDUCE HEALTH HAZARDS IN HOUSING 

Sec. 201. Housing and Urban Development program capacity on housing-related health hazards. 

Sec. 202. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program capacity on 

housing-related health hazards. 

Sec. 203. Environmental Protection Agency program capacity on housing-related health hazards. 

Sec. 204. Health hazard reduction grants. 

Sec. 205. Effective training on housing-related health hazards. 

Sec. 206. Enforcement of lead disclosure rule. 

TITLE III—EDUCATION ON HEALTH HAZARDS IN HOUSING 

Sec. 301. Healthy Home Seal of Approval program. 

Sec. 302. Outreach on health hazards in housing. 

Sec. 303. National healthy housing media campaign. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) People in the United States spend approxi4 mately 90 percent of their time indoors, where 

5 5,700,000 households live with moderate or severe 

6 housing conditions, including heating, plumbing, and 

7 electrical problems, and 23,000,000 households face 

8 significant lead-based paint hazards. 

9 (2) Housing-related health hazards can often be 

10 traced back to shared causes, including moisture, 

11 ventilation, comfort, pest, contaminant, and struc12 tural issues, but further research is necessary in 

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1 order to definitively understand key relationships be2 tween the shared causes, housing-related health haz3 ards, and resident health. 

4 (3) Since many hazards have interrelated 

5 causes and share common solutions, the traditional 

6 approach of identifying and remedying housing-re7 lated health hazards one-by-one is likely not cost ef8 fective or sufficiently health-protective. 

9 (4) Evidence-based, cost-effective, practical, and 

10 widely accessible methods for the assessment and 

11 control of housing-related health hazards are nec12 essary in order to prevent housing-related injuries 

13 and illnesses, including cancer, carbon monoxide poi14 soning, burns, falls, rodent bites, childhood lead poi15 soning, and asthma. 

16 (5) Sustainable building features, including en17 ergy efficiency measures, are increasingly popular, 

18 and are generally presumed to have beneficial effects 

19 on occupant health. However, the health effects of 

20 such features need to be evaluated in a comprehen21 sive and timely manner, lest the housing in this 

22 country unintentionally revert to the conditions of 

23 excessive building tightness and lack of sufficient 

24 ventilation characteristic of the 1970s. 

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1 (6) Data collection on housing conditions that 

2 could affect occupant health, and on health out3 comes that could be related to housing conditions, is 

4 scattered and insufficient to meet current and future 

5 research needs for affordable, healthy housing. A co6 ordinated, multidata source system is necessary to 

7 reduce duplication of Federal efforts, and to ensure 

8 sufficient data collection of both the housing condi9 tions and the health problems that persist in the ex10 isting housing stock of the Nation. 

11 (7) Responsibilities related to health hazards in 

12 housing are not clearly delineated among Federal 

13 agencies. Categorical housing, health, energy assist14 ance, and environmental programs are narrowly de15 fined and often ignore opportunities to address mul16 tiple hazards simultaneously. Enabling Federal pro17 grams to embrace a comprehensive healthy housing 

18 approach will require removing unnecessary Federal 

19 statutory and regulatory barriers, and creating in20 centives to advance the complementary goals of envi21 ronmental health, energy conservation, and housing 

22 availability in relevant programs. 

23 (8) Personnel who visit homes to provide serv24 ices or perform other work (such as inspectors, 

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1 ing rehabilitation, construction and maintenance 

2 workers, and others) can contribute to occupant 

3 health by presenting and applying healthy housing 

4 practices. Cost-effective training and outreach is 

5 needed to equip such personnel with current knowl6 edge about delivering and maintaining healthy hous7 ing. 

8 (9) Housing-related health hazards are often 

9 complex, with causes and solutions often not readily 

10 or immediately recognized by residents, property 

11 owners, or the general public. In the 2007 American 

12 Housing Survey, significant numbers of residents ex13 pressed the highest level of satisfaction with their 

14 homes, including 17 percent of residents in homes 

15 with severe physical problems and 18 percent of resi16 dents in homes with moderate physical problems. 

17 National awareness and local outreach programs are 

18 needed to encourage the public to seek and expect 

19 healthy housing, to think about housing hazards 

20 more comprehensively, to recognize problems, and to 

21 address them in a preventative, effective, and low22 cost manner. 

23 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: 

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1 (1) HOUSING.—The term ‘‘housing’’ means any 

2 form of residence, including rental housing, home3 ownership, group home, or supportive housing ar4 rangement. 

5 (2) HEALTHY HOUSING.—The term ‘‘healthy 

6 housing’’ means housing that is designed, con7 structed, rehabilitated, and maintained in a manner 

8 that supports the health of the occupants of such 

9 housing. 

10 (3) HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH HAZARD.—The 

11 term ‘‘housing-related health hazard’’ means any bi12 ological, physical, or chemical source of exposure or 

13 condition either in, or immediately adjacent to, hous14 ing, that can adversely affect human health. 

15 TITLE I—RESEARCH ON HEALTH 

16 HAZARDS IN HOUSING 

17 SEC. 101. HEALTH EFFECTS OF HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH 

18 HAZARDS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In20 stitute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Admin21 istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 

22 evaluate the health effects of housing-related health haz23 ards for which limited research or understanding of causes 

24 or associations exists. 

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1 (b) CRITERIA.—In carrying out the evaluation under 

2 subsection (a), the Director of the National Institute of 

3 Environmental Health Sciences and the Administrator of 

4 the Environmental Protection Agency shall— 

5 (1) determine the housing-related health haz6 ards for which there exists limited understanding of 

7 health effects; 

8 (2) prioritize the housing-related health hazards 

9 to be evaluated; 

10 (3) coordinate research plans in order to avoid 

11 unnecessary duplication of efforts; and 

12 (4) evaluate the health risks, routes and path13 ways of exposure, and human health effects that re14 sult from indoor exposure to biological, physical, and 

15 chemical housing-related health hazards, including 

16 carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, com17 mon residential and garden pesticides, and factors 

18 that sensitize individuals to asthma. 

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 

21 2010 through 2012, $3,500,000 for carrying out the ac22 tivities under this section. 

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1 SEC. 102. EVIDENCE-BASED, COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS 

2 FOR ASSESSMENT, PREVENTION, AND CON3 TROL OF HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH HAZ4 ARDS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 

6 Urban Development, acting through the Director of the 

7 Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, shall, 

8 in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Dis9 ease Control and Prevention, implement studies of the as10 sessment, prevention, and control of housing-related 

11 health hazards conducted under subsection (b). 

12 (b) STUDY.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

13 Development, in consultation with other Federal agencies, 

14 shall initiate— 

15 (1) for fiscal years 2010 through 2014, at least 

16 1 study per year of the methods for assessment, pre17 vention, or control of housing-related health hazards 

18 that provide for— 

19 (A) instrumentation, monitoring, and data 

20 collection related to such assessment or control 

21 methods; 

22 (B) study of the ability of the assessment 

23 and monitoring methods to predict health risks 

24 and the effect of control methods on health out25 comes; and 

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1 (C) the evaluation of the cost-effectiveness 

2 of such assessment or control methods; and 

3 (2) no fewer than 4 studies, which may run 

4 concurrently. 

5 (c) CRITERIA FOR STUDY.—Each study conducted 

6 pursuant to subsection (b) shall, if the Secretary of Hous7 ing and Urban Development, acting through the Director 

8 of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, 

9 deems it scientifically appropriate, evaluate the assess10 ment or control method in each of the different climactic 

11 regions of the United States, including— 

12 (1) a hot, dry climate; 

13 (2) a hot, humid climate; 

14 (3) a cold climate; and 

15 (4) a temperate climate (including a climate 

16 with cold winters and humid summers). 

17 (d) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

18 of Housing and Urban Development may award contracts 

19 or enter into interagency agreements to carry out the 

20 studies required under this section. 

21 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

22 authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 

23 through 2014, $6,000,000 for carrying out the activities 

24 under this section. 

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1 SEC. 103. STUDY ON SUSTAINABLE BUILDING FEATURES 

2 AND INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN 

3 EXISTING HOUSING. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi5 ronmental Protection Agency shall, in consultation with 

6 other Federal agencies, conduct a detailed study of how 

7 sustainable building features, such as energy efficiency, in 

8 existing housing affect the quality of the indoor environ9 ment, the prevalence of housing-related health hazards, 

10 and the health of occupants. 

11 (b) CONTENTS.—The study required under sub12 section (a) shall— 

13 (1) investigate the effect of sustainable building 

14 features on the quality of the indoor environment 

15 and the prevalence of housing-related health haz16 ards; 

17 (2) investigate how sustainable building fea18 tures, such as energy efficiency, are influencing the 

19 health of occupants of such housing; and 

20 (3) ensure that the effects of the indoor envi21 ronmental quality are evaluated comprehensively. 

22 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

23 authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 

24 through 2014, $500,000 for carrying out the activities 

25 under this section. 

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1 SEC. 104. DATA COLLECTION ON HOUSING-RELATED 

2 HEALTH HAZARDS. 

3 (a) COMPLETION OF ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of 

4 Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Di5 rector of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard 

6 Control, shall complete the analysis of data collected for 

7 the National Survey on Lead and Allergens in Housing 

8 and the American Healthy Housing Survey. 

9 (b) EXPANSION OF MONITORING.—The Adminis10 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall ex11 pand the current indoor environmental monitoring efforts 

12 of the Administrator in an effort to establish baseline lev13 els of indoor chemical pollutants and their sources, includ14 ing routes and pathways, in homes. 

15 (c) DATA EVALUATION AND COLLECTION SYSTEM.— 

16 (1) DATA EVALUATION.—The Director of the 

17 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall, in 

18 consultation with the Secretary of Housing and 

19 Urban Development and the Administrator of the 

20 Environmental Protection Agency, determine the 

21 data and resources needed to establish and maintain 

22 a healthy housing data collection system. 

23 (2) DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

25 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

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1 graph (1), shall carry out the development and 

2 operation of a healthy housing data collection 

3 system that— 

4 (i) draws upon existing data collection 

5 systems, including those systems at other 

6 Federal agencies, to the maximum extent 

7 practicable; 

8 (ii) conforms with the 2001 Updated 

9 Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health 

10 Surveillance Systems; 

11 (iii) improves upon the ability of re12 searchers to assess links between housing 

13 and health characteristics; and 

14 (iv) incorporates the input of potential 

15 data users, to the maximum extent prac16 ticable. 

17 (B) CRITERIA.—The data collection system 

18 required to be developed under subparagraph 

19 (A) shall— 

20 (i) be evaluated, prior to final imple21 mentation, for overall data quality and 

22 utility, level of data collection, feasibility of 

23 additional data collection, and privacy con24 siderations; 

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1 (ii) develop common assessment tools 

2 and integrated database applications and, 

3 where possible, standardize analysis tech4 niques; 

5 (iii) develop mechanisms to facilitate 

6 ongoing multidisciplinary interagency in7 volvement; 

8 (iv) create a clearinghouse to monitor 

9 potential data sources; and 

10 (v) develop public use datasets. 

11 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

12 are authorized to be appropriated— 

13 (1) for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012, 

14 $600,000 for carrying out the activities under sub15 section (a); and 

16 (2) for each of fiscal years 2010 through 

17 2014— 

18 (A) $2,000,000 for carrying out the activi19 ties under subsection (b); and 

20 (B) $8,000,000 for carrying out the activi21 ties under subsection (c). 

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1 TITLE II—CAPACITY TO REDUCE 

2 HEALTH HAZARDS IN HOUSING 

3 SEC. 201. HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 

4 CAPACITY ON HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH 

5 HAZARDS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 

7 Urban Development, acting through the Director of the 

8 Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, shall, 

9 in cooperation with other Federal agencies— 

10 (1) develop improved methods for evaluating 

11 health hazards in housing; 

12 (2) develop improved methods for preventing 

13 and reducing health hazards in housing; 

14 (3) support the development of objective meas15 ures for what is considered a ‘‘healthy’’ residential 

16 environment; 

17 (4) evaluate the long-term cost effectiveness of 

18 a healthy housing approach; 

19 (5) promote the incorporation of healthy hous20 ing principles into ongoing practices and systems, in21 cluding housing codes, rehabilitation specifications, 

22 and maintenance plans; 

23 (6) promote the incorporation of health consid24 erations into green and energy-efficient construction 

25 and rehabilitation; 

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1 (7) promote the use of healthy housing prin2 ciples in post-disaster environments, such as the dis3 semination of information on safe rehabilitation and 

4 recovery practices; 

5 (8) improve the dissemination of healthy hous6 ing information, including best practices, to part7 ners, grantees, the private sector, and the public; 

8 and 

9 (9) promote State and local level healthy hous10 ing efforts, such as the collaboration of State and 

11 local health, housing, and environment agencies, and 

12 the private sector. 

13 (b) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

14 of Housing and Urban Development may award grants or 

15 enter into contracts or interagency agreements to carry 

16 out the activities required under this section. 

17 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

18 authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 

19 through 2014, $14,800,000 for carrying out the activities 

20 under this section. 

21 SEC. 202. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVEN22 TION PROGRAM CAPACITY ON HOUSING-RE23 LATED HEALTH HAZARDS. 

24 Section 317A of the Public Health Service Act (42 

25 U.S.C. 247b–1) is amended— 

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1 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

3 (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and 

4 other housing-related illnesses and inju5 ries’’ after ‘‘screening for elevated blood 

6 lead levels’’; 

7 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘referral 

8 for treatment of such levels’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘referral for treatment of elevated blood 

10 lead levels and other housing-related ill11 nesses and injuries’’; and 

12 (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘inter13 vention associated with such levels’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘intervention associated with ele15 vated blood lead levels and other housing16 related illnesses and injuries’’; and 

17 (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting be18 fore the period at the end ‘‘and other housing19 related illnesses and injuries’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (l), by adding at the end the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi23 tion to any other authorization of appropriation 

24 available under this Act to the Centers for Disease 

25 Control and Prevention for the purpose of carrying 

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1 out the lead poisoning prevention grant program, 

2 there is authorized to be appropriated for each of 

3 fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to the Centers for 

4 Disease Control and Prevention $10,000,000 to in5 corporate healthy housing principles into the work of 

6 program staff and grantees.’’; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(n) HEALTHY HOUSING APPROACH.—A recipient of 

9 a grant under this section is encouraged— 

10 ‘‘(1) in general, to work toward a transition 

11 from a categorical lead-based paint approach to a 

12 comprehensive healthy housing approach that fo13 cuses on primary prevention of housing-related 

14 health hazards (as that term is defined under sec15 tion 3 of the Safe and Healthy Housing Act of 

16 2009); 

17 ‘‘(2) to train staff in healthy housing principles; 

18 ‘‘(3) to promote the incorporation of healthy 

19 housing principles into ongoing State and local pro20 grams and systems; and 

21 ‘‘(4) to incorporate healthy housing principles 

22 into education programs for parents, educators, 

23 community-based organizations, local health officials, 

24 health professionals, and paraprofessionals.’’. 

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1 SEC. 203. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PRO2 GRAM CAPACITY ON HOUSING-RELATED 

3 HEALTH HAZARDS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi5 ronmental Protection Agency, acting through the director 

6 of the Office of Children’s Health Protection and Environ7 mental Education, shall address health hazards in the 

8 home environment, with particular attention to children, 

9 the elderly, and families with limited resources. 

10 (b) REQUIRED ACTIONS OF OFFICE OF CHILDREN’S

11 HEALTH PROTECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDU12 CATION.—The director of the Office of Children’s Health 

13 Protection and Environmental Education, in consultation 

14 with the Director of the Office of Radiation and Indoor 

15 Air and the directors of other relevant offices within the 

16 Environmental Protection Agency, shall— 

17 (1) monitor standards set by the Environmental 

18 Protection Agency to ensure that the standards pro19 tect against elevated risks faced by children or the 

20 elderly; 

21 (2) develop policies to address aggregate, cumu22 lative, and simultaneous exposures experienced by 

23 children and the elderly, with particular attention to 

24 hazards in the home environment; 

25 (3) coordinate healthy housing efforts across 

26 the Environmental Protection Agency; 

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1 (4) promote the incorporation of healthy hous2 ing principles into ongoing practices and systems, in3 cluding the work of State and local environment de4 partments; 

5 (5) encourage and expand healthy housing edu6 cational efforts to partners, grantees, the private 

7 sector, environmental professionals, and the public; 

8 and 

9 (6) designate not less than 1 representative per 

10 region to coordinate children’s environmental health 

11 activities, including healthy housing efforts, with 

12 State and local environmental departments. 

13 (c) AUTHORITY OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.—The Ad14 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 

15 award grants or enter into contracts or interagency agree16 ments to carry out the activities required under this sec17 tion. 

18 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec19 tion shall be construed to alter, invalidate, repeal, or oth20 erwise supercede the duties assigned to any office within 

21 the Environmental Protection Agency under any other 

22 provision of law. 

23 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

24 authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 

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1 through 2014, $8,000,000 for carrying out the activities 

2 under this section. 

3 SEC. 204. HEALTH HAZARD REDUCTION GRANTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 

5 Urban Development, acting through the Director of the 

6 Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, shall 

7 award health hazard reduction grants to enable eligible ap8 plicants from other eligible Federal programs to reduce 

9 significant structural, health, and safety hazards in the 

10 home. 

11 (b) ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS.—Programs eligible to par12 ticipate in the grant program established under this sec13 tion shall be Federal assistance programs that pertain to 

14 housing, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and 

15 Urban Development, including— 

16 (1) the Community Development Block Grant 

17 program under title I of the Housing and Commu18 nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

19 seq.); 

20 (2) the HOME Investment Partnerships pro21 gram under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na22 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et 

23 seq.); 

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1 (3) the lead hazard control grants under the 

2 Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 

3 of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851 et seq.); 

4 (4) the Weatherization Assistance Program for 

5 Low-Income Persons established under part A of 

6 title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production 

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.); 

8 (5) the low-income home energy assistance pro9 gram established under the Low-Income Home En10 ergy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et 

11 seq.); 

12 (6) rural housing assistance grants under sec13 tion 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

14 1485); and 

15 (7) any other temporary or other Federal hous16 ing assistance programs that benefit low-income 

17 households. 

18 (c) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Eligible applicants for 

19 grants under this section shall be nonprofit or govern20 mental entities that have applied for or receive primary 

21 funding from an eligible program, and may include State 

22 and local agencies, community action program agencies, 

23 subrecipients of funds under the Weatherization Assist24 ance Program for Low-Income Persons established under 

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1 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.), community development 

2 corporations, community housing development organiza3 tions, and other nonprofit organizations as determined by 

4 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

5 (d) AWARD OF GRANTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible program shall 

7 submit a list of the recipients of the grant funds 

8 awarded by the eligible program to the Secretary of 

9 Housing and Urban Development, prior to publicly 

10 announcing such list. 

11 (2) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—The Secretary of 

12 Housing and Urban Development shall award grants 

13 under this section on a competitive basis. 

14 (3) FUNDING CYCLES.—In the event that the 

15 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development an16 nounces the availability of grants under this section 

17 prior to an eligible program’s public announcements 

18 of the list of recipients of grant funds described 

19 under paragraph (1), a grantee from that eligible 

20 program may apply for grants under this section 

21 during the next funding cycle. 

22 (e) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under this 

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1 ards and safety hazards, and energy burden prob2 lems, including— 

3 (A) roof repair and replacement; 

4 (B) structural repairs and exterior grad5 ing; 

6 (C) window repair and replacement; 

7 (D) correction of combustion gas appliance 

8 back-drafting and other serious ventilation 

9 problems; 

10 (E) provision of adequate ventilation; 

11 (F) integrated pest management; and 

12 (G) control of other critical housing-related 

13 health and safety hazards, such as installation 

14 of smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detection de15 vices, and radon testing and mitigation. 

16 (2) COVERED COSTS.—The costs of visual as17 sessment and testing for baseline documentation of 

18 problems, and eligible corrective and preventive 

19 measures to address such problems, shall be allow20 able program expenses. 

21 (f) FLEXIBLE FUNDING.—Grants awarded under 

22 this section shall be subject to the requirements that gov23 ern the primary source of Federal funds supporting each 

24 project. 

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1 (g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 10 

2 percent of funds for each grant awarded under this section 

3 may be used for administrative expenses. 

4 (h) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Consistent with 

5 the supplemental purpose of the grant program estab6 lished under this section, the Secretary of Housing and 

7 Urban Development shall streamline reporting and record 

8 keeping requirements by building on existing reporting re9 quirements of the eligible program. For each property re10 ceiving treatments funded by grants under this section, 

11 the grantee shall document the problems treated and the 

12 amount of grant funds used, and report such information 

13 to the primary awarding agency, which shall aggregate re14 ports and supporting data and submit all such reports and 

15 data to the Secretary. 

16 (i) EVALUATION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing 

18 and Urban Development, acting through the Direc19 tor of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Haz20 ard Control, shall review the implementation of the 

21 grant program established under this section during 

22 the 1-year period beginning on the date of enact23 ment of this Act. 

24 (2) CONTENTS OF EVALUATION.—The review 

25 under paragraph (1) shall— 

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1 (A) determine how grantees use and lever2 age funds; and 

3 (B) evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the 

4 grant program, taking into account— 

5 (i) the aggregate health, safety, en6 ergy savings, and durability benefits from 

7 measures taken; and 

8 (ii) the success of the grant program 

9 at leveraging and coordinating Federal in10 vestments from other programs. 

11 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

12 authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 

13 through 2012, $10,000,000 for carrying out the activities 

14 under this section. 

15 SEC. 205. EFFECTIVE TRAINING ON HOUSING-RELATED 

16 HEALTH HAZARDS. 

17 (a) PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT AMENDMENTS.— 

18 Section 317B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 247b–3) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(3) TRAINING.—The Secretary, acting through 

23 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 

24 Prevention, shall— 

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1 ‘‘(A) train lead poisoning prevention pro2 gram staff in healthy housing principles; 

3 ‘‘(B) deliver training and technical assist4 ance in the identification and control of hous5 ing-related health hazards (as that term is de6 fined in section 3 of the Safe and Healthy 

7 Housing Act of 2009) to staff of State and 

8 local public health departments and code en9 forcement agencies, health care providers, other 

10 health care delivery systems and professionals, 

11 and community-based organizations; and 

12 ‘‘(C) provide resources and incentives to 

13 State and local health departments to support 

14 the wide availability of free or low-cost training 

15 to prevent and control housing-related health 

16 hazards.’’; and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad19 dition to any other authorization of appropriation avail20 able under this Act to the Centers for Disease Control and 

21 Prevention for the purpose of carrying out lead poisoning 

22 prevention education, the Interagency Task Force, tech23 nology assessment, and epidemiology, there is authorized 

24 to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 through 

25 2014 to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

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1 $8,000,000 to facilitate a transition from categorical lead 

2 poisoning prevention to comprehensive healthy housing ap3 proaches.’’. 

4 (b) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.— 

5 (1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri7 culture, acting through the Cooperative State 

8 Research, Education, and Extension Service, 

9 shall establish a competitive grant program to 

10 promote education and outreach on housing-re11 lated health hazards. 

12 (B) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—The Sec13 retary of Agriculture may award grants, on a 

14 competitive basis, under this subsection to land15 grant colleges and universities (as that term is 

16 defined in section 1404 of the National Agricul17 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 

18 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)) for education and 

19 extension services. 

20 (C) CRITERIA FOR GRANTS.—Grants under 

21 this subsection shall be awarded to address 

22 housing-related health hazards through trans23 lation of the latest research into easy-to-use 

24 guidelines, development and dissemination of 

25 outreach materials, and operation of training 

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1 and education programs to build capacity at a 

2 local level. 

3 (2) EXPANDED TRAINING.—The Secretary of 

4 Agriculture, acting through the Cooperative State 

5 Research, Education, and Extension Service Re6 gional Integrated Pest Management Training Cen7 ters, shall expand training and outreach activities to 

8 include structural integrated pest management top9 ics. 

10 (3) COVERAGE OF LEAD-BASED PAINT AND

11 OTHER HEALTH HAZARDS.—The Secretary of Agri12 culture, acting through the Expanded Food and Nu13 trition Education Program, in consultation with the 

14 Cooperative State Research, Education, and Exten15 sion Service Housing and Indoor Environments Divi16 sion, shall ensure that food and nutrition subject 

17 matter content for adults and youth includes effec18 tive information about preventing exposure to lead19 based paint, pests, pesticides, mold, and, where there 

20 is sufficient data, about preventing exposure to other 

21 biological or chemical food safety hazards in and 

22 around the home. 

23 (c) EVALUATION.—Not later than 2 years after the 

24 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers 

25 for Disease Control and Prevention and the Secretary of 

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1 Agriculture shall evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the 

2 training programs authorized under this section and pre3 pare a report, the results of which shall be posted on the 

4 website of each agency. 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 

7 2010 through 2014— 

8 (1) $700,000 for carrying out the activities 

9 under subsection (b)(1); 

10 (2) $250,000 for carrying out the activities 

11 under subsection (b)(2); and 

12 (3) $250,000 for carrying out the activities 

13 under subsection (b)(3). 

14 SEC. 206. ENFORCEMENT OF LEAD DISCLOSURE RULE. 

15 Section 1018(a) of the Housing and Community De16 velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852d(a)), is amended 

17 by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(6) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.— 

19 ‘‘(A) INVESTIGATIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

21 may— 

22 ‘‘(I) conduct such investigations 

23 as may be necessary to carry out the 

24 duties of the Secretary under this sec25 tion; 

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1 ‘‘(II) administer oaths; and 

2 ‘‘(III) require by subpoena the 

3 production of documents, and the at4 tendance and testimony of witnesses, 

5 as the Secretary deems advisable. 

6 ‘‘(ii) OTHER POWERS OF ADMINIS7 TRATOR.—Nothing contained in this sub8 paragraph shall prevent the Administrator 

9 of the Environmental Protection Agency 

10 from exercising authority under the Toxic 

11 Substances Control Act or this Act. 

12 ‘‘(B) ENFORCEMENT.— 

13 ‘‘(i) ORDERS.—Upon an application 

14 by the Attorney General of the United 

15 States, a district court of the United 

16 States in which an investigation under this 

17 paragraph is carried out may issue an 

18 order requiring a person to permit the Sec19 retary to enter the property of such person 

20 or to comply with a subpoena issued by the 

21 Secretary under this paragraph. 

22 ‘‘(ii) PENALTY.—A district court may 

23 find a person in contempt of court for fail24 ure to comply with an order issued under 

25 clause (i).’’. 

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1 TITLE III—EDUCATION ON 

2 HEALTH HAZARDS IN HOUSING 

3 SEC. 301. HEALTHY HOME SEAL OF APPROVAL PROGRAM. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

5 the Environmental Protection Agency the following label6 ing programs: 

7 (1) PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS LABELING PRO8 GRAM.—A voluntary labeling program to evaluate 

9 consumer products intended for home use and hous10 ing materials to determine their efficacy in fostering 

11 a healthy home environment, to be known as the 

12 ‘‘Healthy Home Seal of Approval’’ program. 

13 (2) CRITERIA FOR HOUSING LABELING PRO14 GRAM.—A voluntary labeling program to expand 

15 upon the Energy Star program established by sec16 tion 324A of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 6294a) to establish health-promoting 

18 design and maintenance criteria for new and existing 

19 housing. 

20 (b) DUTIES.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

22 Environmental Protection Agency shall, in consulta23 tion with the Secretary of Housing and Urban De24 velopment, acting through the Director of the Office 

25 of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, and 

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1 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 

2 Prevention— 

3 (A) promote the Healthy Home Seal of 

4 Approval for consumer products and materials, 

5 and for criteria for housing as the preferred op6 tions in the marketplace for achieving optimum 

7 indoor environmental quality and maximum oc8 cupant health; 

9 (B) work to enhance public awareness of 

10 the Healthy Home Seal of Approval for con11 sumer products and materials, and for criteria 

12 for housing, including by providing special out13 reach to small businesses; 

14 (C) conduct research and provide sound 

15 science and methods to evaluate products, ma16 terials, and criteria for housing that preserves 

17 the integrity of the Healthy Home Seal of Ap18 proval for consumer products and materials, 

19 and for criteria for housing label; 

20 (D) regularly update the requirements for 

21 the Healthy Home Seal of Approval for prod22 ucts and materials, and for criteria for housing; 

23 (E) solicit comments from interested par24 ties prior to establishing or revising a Healthy 

25 Home Seal of Approval, including a change to 

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1 a product category, material category, specifica2 tion, or criterion (or prior to effective dates for 

3 any such product category, material category, 

4 specification, or criterion); 

5 (F) on adoption of a new or revised prod6 uct category, material category, specification, or 

7 criterion in a Healthy Home Seal of Approval, 

8 provide reasonable notice to interested parties 

9 of any changes (including effective dates) in 

10 product categories, material categories, speci11 fications, or criteria, along with— 

12 (i) an explanation of the changes; and 

13 (ii) as appropriate, responses to com14 ments submitted by interested parties; and 

15 (G) provide appropriate lead time (which 

16 shall be 270 days, unless the Administrator 

17 specifies otherwise) prior to the applicable effec18 tive date for a new or a significant revision to 

19 a Healthy Home Seal of Approval, including a 

20 change to a product category, material cat21 egory, specification, or criterion. 

22 (2) LEAD TIME.—If a product category is re23 vised in accordance with paragraph (1)(G), the lead 

24 time shall take into account the timing requirements 

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1 of the manufacturing, product marketing, and dis2 tribution process for the specific product addressed. 

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 

5 through 2014, $6,000,000 for carrying out the activities 

6 under this section. 

7 SEC. 302. OUTREACH ON HEALTH HAZARDS IN HOUSING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi9 ronmental Protection Agency, acting through the Office 

10 of Children’s Health Protection and Environmental Edu11 cation, shall provide education and outreach to the general 

12 public on the— 

13 (1) environmental health risks experienced by 

14 the elderly; and 

15 (2) low-cost methods for addressing such risks. 

16 (b) FOOD QUALITY PROTECTION.—Section 303 of 

17 the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 136r– 

18 1) is amended— 

19 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Sec20 retary’’ and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(a) PROGRAMS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary’’; 

23 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Inte24 grated Pest Management is’’ and inserting the fol25 lowing: 

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1 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF INTEGRATED PEST MAN2 AGEMENT.—In this section, the term ‘Integrated 

3 Pest Management’ means’’; 

4 (3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘The Sec5 retary’’ and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(b) FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The 

8 Secretary’’; 

9 (4) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘Federal 

10 agencies’’ and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(2) USE.—A Federal agency’’; and 

12 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

14 are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 

15 2010 through 2014 to carry out this section— 

16 ‘‘(1) $300,000 for use by the Secretary of Agri17 culture; and 

18 ‘‘(2) $300,000 for use by the Administrator.’’. 

19 (c) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing 

21 and Urban Development, acting through the Direc22 tor of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Haz23 ard Control, shall award funds for a Health Hazards 

24 Outreach competitive grant program. 

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1 (2) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Eligible applicants 

2 for a grant under paragraph (1) are national non3 profit organizations, and State and local entities, in4 cluding community-based organizations and govern5 ment health, environmental, and housing depart6 ments. 

7 (3) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Funds awarded 

8 under this subsection may be used to— 

9 (A) document the need for healthy housing 

10 assessments or controls in a given community 

11 or communities; 

12 (B) perform outreach and education with a 

13 community-level focus; and 

14 (C) develop policy and capacity building 

15 approaches. 

16 (4) COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL INSTITU17 TIONS.—Eligible applicants under this subsection 

18 are encouraged to— 

19 (A) forge partnerships among State or 

20 local level government and nonprofit entities; 

21 and 

22 (B) improve the incorporation of healthy 

23 housing principles into existing State and local 

24 systems where possible. 

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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 

3 2010 through 2014— 

4 (1) $300,000 for carrying out the activities 

5 under subsection (a); and 

6 (2) $2,000,000 for carrying out the activities 

7 under subsection (c). 

8 SEC. 303. NATIONAL HEALTHY HOUSING MEDIA CAMPAIGN. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 

10 Urban Development, acting through the Director of the 

11 Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, the 

12 Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven13 tion, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protec14 tion Agency shall establish and maintain a national 

15 healthy housing media campaign. 

16 (b) REQUIREMENTS OF CAMPAIGN.—The Secretary 

17 of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the 

18 Director of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard 

19 Control, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 

20 and Prevention, and the Administrator of the Environ21 mental Protection Agency shall— 

22 (1) determine the design of the national healthy 

23 housing media campaign, including by— 

24 (A) identifying the target audience; 

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1 (B) formulating and packaging unified 

2 messages regarding— 

3 (i) how best to assess health hazards 

4 in the home; and 

5 (ii) how best to prevent and control 

6 health hazards in the home; 

7 (C) identifying ideal mechanisms for dis8 semination; 

9 (D) distributing responsibilities and estab10 lishing an ongoing system of coordination; and 

11 (E) incorporating input from the target 

12 audience of the campaign; 

13 (2) carry out the operation of a national 

14 healthy housing media campaign that— 

15 (A) draws upon existing outreach and pub16 lic education efforts to the maximum extent 

17 practicable; 

18 (B) provides critical healthy housing infor19 mation in a concise and simple manner; and 

20 (C) uses multiple media strategies to reach 

21 the maximum number of people in the target 

22 audience as possible; and 

23 (3) evaluate the performance of the campaign, 

24 including by— 

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1 (A) tracking the accomplishments of the 

2 campaign; 

3 (B) identifying changes in healthy housing 

4 awareness, healthy housing activities, and the 

5 healthy housing conditions among the target 

6 audience of the campaign; 

7 (C) assessing the cost-effectiveness of the 

8 campaign in achieving the goals of the cam9 paign; and 

10 (D) preparing a final evaluation report not 

11 later than 1 year after the date of the close of 

12 the campaign, the results of which shall be 

13 posted on the website of each such agency. 

14 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

15 authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 

16 through 2014, $6,000,000 for carrying out the activities 

17 under this section. 

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