I 
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 Com-
mittees on Financial Services and Agriculture, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 en-
hance the capacity of programs to reduce such hazards, 
to require outreach, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Safe and Healthy Housing Act of 2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
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-re-
lated 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-re-
lated 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. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) People in the United States spend approxi-
mately 90 percent of their time indoors, where 
5,700,000 households live with moderate or severe 
housing conditions, including heating, plumbing, and 
electrical problems, and 23,000,000 households face 
significant lead-based paint hazards. 
(2) Housing-related health hazards can often be 
traced back to shared causes, including moisture, 
ventilation, comfort, pest, contaminant, and struc-
tural issues, but further research is necessary in 
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order to definitively understand key relationships be-
tween the shared causes, housing-related health haz-
ards, and resident health. 
(3) Since many hazards have interrelated 
causes and share common solutions, the traditional 
approach of identifying and remedying housing-re-
lated health hazards one-by-one is likely not cost ef-
fective or sufficiently health-protective. 
(4) Evidence-based, cost-effective, practical, and 
widely accessible methods for the assessment and 
control of housing-related health hazards are nec-
essary in order to prevent housing-related injuries 
and illnesses, including cancer, carbon monoxide poi-
soning, burns, falls, rodent bites, childhood lead poi-
soning, and asthma. 
(5) Sustainable building features, including en-
ergy efficiency measures, are increasingly popular, 
and are generally presumed to have beneficial effects 
on occupant health. However, the health effects of 
such features need to be evaluated in a comprehen-
sive and timely manner, lest the housing in this 
country unintentionally revert to the conditions of 
excessive building tightness and lack of sufficient 
ventilation characteristic of the 1970s. 
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(6) Data collection on housing conditions that 
could affect occupant health, and on health out-
comes that could be related to housing conditions, is 
scattered and insufficient to meet current and future 
research needs for affordable, healthy housing. A co-
ordinated, multidata source system is necessary to 
reduce duplication of Federal efforts, and to ensure 
sufficient data collection of both the housing condi-
tions and the health problems that persist in the ex-
isting housing stock of the Nation. 
(7) Responsibilities related to health hazards in 
housing are not clearly delineated among Federal 
agencies. Categorical housing, health, energy assist-
ance, and environmental programs are narrowly de-
fined and often ignore opportunities to address mul-
tiple hazards simultaneously. Enabling Federal pro-
grams to embrace a comprehensive healthy housing 
approach will require removing unnecessary Federal 
statutory and regulatory barriers, and creating in-
centives to advance the complementary goals of envi-
ronmental health, energy conservation, and housing 
availability in relevant programs. 
(8) Personnel who visit homes to provide serv-
ices or perform other work (such as inspectors, 
emergency medical technicians, home visitors, hous-
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ing rehabilitation, construction and maintenance 
workers, and others) can contribute to occupant 
health by presenting and applying healthy housing 
practices. Cost-effective training and outreach is 
needed to equip such personnel with current knowl-
edge about delivering and maintaining healthy hous-
ing. 
(9) Housing-related health hazards are often 
complex, with causes and solutions often not readily 
or immediately recognized by residents, property 
owners, or the general public. In the 2007 American 
Housing Survey, significant numbers of residents ex-
pressed the highest level of satisfaction with their 
homes, including 17 percent of residents in homes 
with severe physical problems and 18 percent of resi-
dents in homes with moderate physical problems. 
National awareness and local outreach programs are 
needed to encourage the public to seek and expect 
healthy housing, to think about housing hazards 
more comprehensively, to recognize problems, and to 
address them in a preventative, effective, and low- 
cost manner. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: 
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(1) HOUSING.—The term ‘‘housing’’ means any 
form of residence, including rental housing, home-
ownership, group home, or supportive housing ar-
rangement. 
(2) HEALTHY
HOUSING.—The term ‘‘healthy 
housing’’ means housing that is designed, con-
structed, rehabilitated, and maintained in a manner 
that supports the health of the occupants of such 
housing. 
(3) HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH HAZARD.—The 
term ‘‘housing-related health hazard’’ means any bi-
ological, physical, or chemical source of exposure or 
condition either in, or immediately adjacent to, hous-
ing, that can adversely affect human health. 
TITLE I—RESEARCH ON HEALTH 
HAZARDS IN HOUSING 
SEC. 101. HEALTH EFFECTS OF HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH 
HAZARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National In-
stitute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
evaluate the health effects of housing-related health haz-
ards for which limited research or understanding of causes 
or associations exists. 
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(b) CRITERIA.—In carrying out the evaluation under 
subsection (a), the Director of the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences and the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall— 
(1) determine the housing-related health haz-
ards for which there exists limited understanding of 
health effects; 
(2) prioritize the housing-related health hazards 
to be evaluated; 
(3) coordinate research plans in order to avoid 
unnecessary duplication of efforts; and 
(4) evaluate the health risks, routes and path-
ways of exposure, and human health effects that re-
sult from indoor exposure to biological, physical, and 
chemical housing-related health hazards, including 
carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, com-
mon residential and garden pesticides, and factors 
that sensitize individuals to asthma. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2012, $3,500,000 for carrying out the ac-
tivities under this section. 
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SEC. 102. EVIDENCE-BASED, COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS 
FOR ASSESSMENT, PREVENTION, AND CON-
TROL OF HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH HAZ-
ARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, acting through the Director of the 
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, shall, 
in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, implement studies of the as-
sessment, prevention, and control of housing-related 
health hazards conducted under subsection (b). 
(b) STUDY.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, in consultation with other Federal agencies, 
shall initiate— 
(1) for fiscal years 2010 through 2014, at least 
1 study per year of the methods for assessment, pre-
vention, or control of housing-related health hazards 
that provide for— 
(A) instrumentation, monitoring, and data 
collection related to such assessment or control 
methods; 
(B) study of the ability of the assessment 
and monitoring methods to predict health risks 
and the effect of control methods on health out-
comes; and 
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(C) the evaluation of the cost-effectiveness 
of such assessment or control methods; and 
(2) no fewer than 4 studies, which may run 
concurrently. 
(c) CRITERIA FOR STUDY.—Each study conducted 
pursuant to subsection (b) shall, if the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development, acting through the Director 
of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, 
deems it scientifically appropriate, evaluate the assess-
ment or control method in each of the different climactic 
regions of the United States, including— 
(1) a hot, dry climate; 
(2) a hot, humid climate; 
(3) a cold climate; and 
(4) a temperate climate (including a climate 
with cold winters and humid summers). 
(d) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may award contracts 
or enter into interagency agreements to carry out the 
studies required under this section. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014, $6,000,000 for carrying out the activities 
under this section. 
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SEC. 103. STUDY ON SUSTAINABLE BUILDING FEATURES 
AND INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN 
EXISTING HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency shall, in consultation with 
other Federal agencies, conduct a detailed study of how 
sustainable building features, such as energy efficiency, in 
existing housing affect the quality of the indoor environ-
ment, the prevalence of housing-related health hazards, 
and the health of occupants. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The study required under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) investigate the effect of sustainable building 
features on the quality of the indoor environment 
and the prevalence of housing-related health haz-
ards; 
(2) investigate how sustainable building fea-
tures, such as energy efficiency, are influencing the 
health of occupants of such housing; and 
(3) ensure that the effects of the indoor envi-
ronmental quality are evaluated comprehensively. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014, $500,000 for carrying out the activities 
under this section. 
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SEC. 
104. 
DATA 
COLLECTION 
ON 
HOUSING-RELATED 
HEALTH HAZARDS. 
(a) COMPLETION OF ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Di-
rector of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard 
Control, shall complete the analysis of data collected for 
the National Survey on Lead and Allergens in Housing 
and the American Healthy Housing Survey. 
(b) EXPANSION
OF MONITORING.—The Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall ex-
pand the current indoor environmental monitoring efforts 
of the Administrator in an effort to establish baseline lev-
els of indoor chemical pollutants and their sources, includ-
ing routes and pathways, in homes. 
(c) DATA EVALUATION AND COLLECTION SYSTEM.— 
(1) DATA EVALUATION.—The Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, determine the 
data and resources needed to establish and maintain 
a healthy housing data collection system. 
(2) DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
based upon the needs determined under para-
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graph (1), shall carry out the development and 
operation of a healthy housing data collection 
system that— 
(i) draws upon existing data collection 
systems, including those systems at other 
Federal agencies, to the maximum extent 
practicable; 
(ii) conforms with the 2001 Updated 
Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health 
Surveillance Systems; 
(iii) improves upon the ability of re-
searchers to assess links between housing 
and health characteristics; and 
(iv) incorporates the input of potential 
data users, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable. 
(B) CRITERIA.—The data collection system 
required to be developed under subparagraph 
(A) shall— 
(i) be evaluated, prior to final imple-
mentation, for overall data quality and 
utility, level of data collection, feasibility of 
additional data collection, and privacy con-
siderations; 
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(ii) develop common assessment tools 
and integrated database applications and, 
where possible, standardize analysis tech-
niques; 
(iii) develop mechanisms to facilitate 
ongoing multidisciplinary interagency in-
volvement; 
(iv) create a clearinghouse to monitor 
potential data sources; and 
(v) develop public use datasets. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated— 
(1) for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012, 
$600,000 for carrying out the activities under sub-
section (a); and 
(2) for each of fiscal years 2010 through 
2014— 
(A) $2,000,000 for carrying out the activi-
ties under subsection (b); and 
(B) $8,000,000 for carrying out the activi-
ties under subsection (c). 
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TITLE II—CAPACITY TO REDUCE 
HEALTH HAZARDS IN HOUSING 
SEC. 201. HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
CAPACITY ON HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH 
HAZARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, acting through the Director of the 
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, shall, 
in cooperation with other Federal agencies— 
(1) develop improved methods for evaluating 
health hazards in housing; 
(2) develop improved methods for preventing 
and reducing health hazards in housing; 
(3) support the development of objective meas-
ures for what is considered a ‘‘healthy’’ residential 
environment; 
(4) evaluate the long-term cost effectiveness of 
a healthy housing approach; 
(5) promote the incorporation of healthy hous-
ing principles into ongoing practices and systems, in-
cluding housing codes, rehabilitation specifications, 
and maintenance plans; 
(6) promote the incorporation of health consid-
erations into green and energy-efficient construction 
and rehabilitation; 
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(7) promote the use of healthy housing prin-
ciples in post-disaster environments, such as the dis-
semination of information on safe rehabilitation and 
recovery practices; 
(8) improve the dissemination of healthy hous-
ing information, including best practices, to part-
ners, grantees, the private sector, and the public; 
and 
(9) promote State and local level healthy hous-
ing efforts, such as the collaboration of State and 
local health, housing, and environment agencies, and 
the private sector. 
(b) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may award grants or 
enter into contracts or interagency agreements to carry 
out the activities required under this section. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014, $14,800,000 for carrying out the activities 
under this section. 
SEC. 202. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVEN-
TION PROGRAM CAPACITY ON HOUSING-RE-
LATED HEALTH HAZARDS. 
Section 317A of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247b–1) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and 
other housing-related illnesses and inju-
ries’’ after ‘‘screening for elevated blood 
lead levels’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘referral 
for treatment of such levels’’ and inserting 
‘‘referral for treatment of elevated blood 
lead levels and other housing-related ill-
nesses and injuries’’; and 
(iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘inter-
vention associated with such levels’’ and 
inserting ‘‘intervention associated with ele-
vated blood lead levels and other housing- 
related illnesses and injuries’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting be-
fore the period at the end ‘‘and other housing- 
related illnesses and injuries’’; 
(2) in subsection (l), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to any other authorization of appropriation 
available under this Act to the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention for the purpose of carrying 
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out the lead poisoning prevention grant program, 
there is authorized to be appropriated for each of 
fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention $10,000,000 to in-
corporate healthy housing principles into the work of 
program staff and grantees.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) HEALTHY HOUSING APPROACH.—A recipient of 
a grant under this section is encouraged— 
‘‘(1) in general, to work toward a transition 
from a categorical lead-based paint approach to a 
comprehensive healthy housing approach that fo-
cuses on primary prevention of housing-related 
health hazards (as that term is defined under sec-
tion 3 of the Safe and Healthy Housing Act of 
2009); 
‘‘(2) to train staff in healthy housing principles; 
‘‘(3) to promote the incorporation of healthy 
housing principles into ongoing State and local pro-
grams and systems; and 
‘‘(4) to incorporate healthy housing principles 
into education programs for parents, educators, 
community-based organizations, local health officials, 
health professionals, and paraprofessionals.’’. 
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SEC. 203. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PRO-
GRAM 
CAPACITY 
ON 
HOUSING-RELATED 
HEALTH HAZARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, acting through the director 
of the Office of Children’s Health Protection and Environ-
mental Education, shall address health hazards in the 
home environment, with particular attention to children, 
the elderly, and families with limited resources. 
(b) REQUIRED ACTIONS OF OFFICE OF CHILDREN’S 
HEALTH
PROTECTION
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
EDU-
CATION.—The director of the Office of Children’s Health 
Protection and Environmental Education, in consultation 
with the Director of the Office of Radiation and Indoor 
Air and the directors of other relevant offices within the 
Environmental Protection Agency, shall— 
(1) monitor standards set by the Environmental 
Protection Agency to ensure that the standards pro-
tect against elevated risks faced by children or the 
elderly; 
(2) develop policies to address aggregate, cumu-
lative, and simultaneous exposures experienced by 
children and the elderly, with particular attention to 
hazards in the home environment; 
(3) coordinate healthy housing efforts across 
the Environmental Protection Agency; 
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(4) promote the incorporation of healthy hous-
ing principles into ongoing practices and systems, in-
cluding the work of State and local environment de-
partments; 
(5) encourage and expand healthy housing edu-
cational efforts to partners, grantees, the private 
sector, environmental professionals, and the public; 
and 
(6) designate not less than 1 representative per 
region to coordinate children’s environmental health 
activities, including healthy housing efforts, with 
State and local environmental departments. 
(c) AUTHORITY OF THE ADMINISTRATOR.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
award grants or enter into contracts or interagency agree-
ments to carry out the activities required under this sec-
tion. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to alter, invalidate, repeal, or oth-
erwise supercede the duties assigned to any office within 
the Environmental Protection Agency under any other 
provision of law. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 
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through 2014, $8,000,000 for carrying out the activities 
under this section. 
SEC. 204. HEALTH HAZARD REDUCTION GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, acting through the Director of the 
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, shall 
award health hazard reduction grants to enable eligible ap-
plicants from other eligible Federal programs to reduce 
significant structural, health, and safety hazards in the 
home. 
(b) ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS.—Programs eligible to par-
ticipate in the grant program established under this sec-
tion shall be Federal assistance programs that pertain to 
housing, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, including— 
(1) the Community Development Block Grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.); 
(2) the HOME Investment Partnerships pro-
gram under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et 
seq.); 
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(3) the lead hazard control grants under the 
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851 et seq.); 
(4) the Weatherization Assistance Program for 
Low-Income Persons established under part A of 
title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.); 
(5) the low-income home energy assistance pro-
gram established under the Low-Income Home En-
ergy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et 
seq.); 
(6) rural housing assistance grants under sec-
tion 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1485); and 
(7) any other temporary or other Federal hous-
ing assistance programs that benefit low-income 
households. 
(c) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Eligible applicants for 
grants under this section shall be nonprofit or govern-
mental entities that have applied for or receive primary 
funding from an eligible program, and may include State 
and local agencies, community action program agencies, 
subrecipients of funds under the Weatherization Assist-
ance Program for Low-Income Persons established under 
part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation and Produc-
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tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.), community development 
corporations, community housing development organiza-
tions, and other nonprofit organizations as determined by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(d) AWARD OF GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible program shall 
submit a list of the recipients of the grant funds 
awarded by the eligible program to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, prior to publicly 
announcing such list. 
(2) COMPETITIVE
BASIS.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall award grants 
under this section on a competitive basis. 
(3) FUNDING CYCLES.—In the event that the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development an-
nounces the availability of grants under this section 
prior to an eligible program’s public announcements 
of the list of recipients of grant funds described 
under paragraph (1), a grantee from that eligible 
program may apply for grants under this section 
during the next funding cycle. 
(e) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under this 
section may be used to fund corrective and preven-
tive measures to address housing-related health haz-
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ards and safety hazards, and energy burden prob-
lems, including— 
(A) roof repair and replacement; 
(B) structural repairs and exterior grad-
ing; 
(C) window repair and replacement; 
(D) correction of combustion gas appliance 
back-drafting and other serious ventilation 
problems; 
(E) provision of adequate ventilation; 
(F) integrated pest management; and 
(G) control of other critical housing-related 
health and safety hazards, such as installation 
of smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detection de-
vices, and radon testing and mitigation. 
(2) COVERED COSTS.—The costs of visual as-
sessment and testing for baseline documentation of 
problems, and eligible corrective and preventive 
measures to address such problems, shall be allow-
able program expenses. 
(f) FLEXIBLE FUNDING.—Grants awarded under 
this section shall be subject to the requirements that gov-
ern the primary source of Federal funds supporting each 
project. 
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(g) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 10 
percent of funds for each grant awarded under this section 
may be used for administrative expenses. 
(h) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Consistent with 
the supplemental purpose of the grant program estab-
lished under this section, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall streamline reporting and record 
keeping requirements by building on existing reporting re-
quirements of the eligible program. For each property re-
ceiving treatments funded by grants under this section, 
the grantee shall document the problems treated and the 
amount of grant funds used, and report such information 
to the primary awarding agency, which shall aggregate re-
ports and supporting data and submit all such reports and 
data to the Secretary. 
(i) EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, acting through the Direc-
tor of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Haz-
ard Control, shall review the implementation of the 
grant program established under this section during 
the 1-year period beginning on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) CONTENTS
OF
EVALUATION.—The review 
under paragraph (1) shall— 
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(A) determine how grantees use and lever-
age funds; and 
(B) evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the 
grant program, taking into account— 
(i) the aggregate health, safety, en-
ergy savings, and durability benefits from 
measures taken; and 
(ii) the success of the grant program 
at leveraging and coordinating Federal in-
vestments from other programs. 
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2012, $10,000,000 for carrying out the activities 
under this section. 
SEC. 205. EFFECTIVE TRAINING ON HOUSING-RELATED 
HEALTH HAZARDS. 
(a) PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 317B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247b–3) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) TRAINING.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, shall— 
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‘‘(A) train lead poisoning prevention pro-
gram staff in healthy housing principles; 
‘‘(B) deliver training and technical assist-
ance in the identification and control of hous-
ing-related health hazards (as that term is de-
fined in section 3 of the Safe and Healthy 
Housing Act of 2009) to staff of State and 
local public health departments and code en-
forcement agencies, health care providers, other 
health care delivery systems and professionals, 
and community-based organizations; and 
‘‘(C) provide resources and incentives to 
State and local health departments to support 
the wide availability of free or low-cost training 
to prevent and control housing-related health 
hazards.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad-
dition to any other authorization of appropriation avail-
able under this Act to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention for the purpose of carrying out lead poisoning 
prevention education, the Interagency Task Force, tech-
nology assessment, and epidemiology, there is authorized 
to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 through 
2014 to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
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$8,000,000 to facilitate a transition from categorical lead 
poisoning prevention to comprehensive healthy housing ap-
proaches.’’. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.— 
(1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Cooperative State 
Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
shall establish a competitive grant program to 
promote education and outreach on housing-re-
lated health hazards. 
(B) ELIGIBLE
APPLICANTS.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture may award grants, on a 
competitive basis, under this subsection to land- 
grant colleges and universities (as that term is 
defined in section 1404 of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)) for education and 
extension services. 
(C) CRITERIA FOR GRANTS.—Grants under 
this subsection shall be awarded to address 
housing-related health hazards through trans-
lation of the latest research into easy-to-use 
guidelines, development and dissemination of 
outreach materials, and operation of training 
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and education programs to build capacity at a 
local level. 
(2) EXPANDED
TRAINING.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture, acting through the Cooperative State 
Research, Education, and Extension Service Re-
gional Integrated Pest Management Training Cen-
ters, shall expand training and outreach activities to 
include structural integrated pest management top-
ics. 
(3) COVERAGE
OF
LEAD-BASED
PAINT
AND 
OTHER HEALTH HAZARDS.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Expanded Food and Nu-
trition Education Program, in consultation with the 
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Exten-
sion Service Housing and Indoor Environments Divi-
sion, shall ensure that food and nutrition subject 
matter content for adults and youth includes effec-
tive information about preventing exposure to lead- 
based paint, pests, pesticides, mold, and, where there 
is sufficient data, about preventing exposure to other 
biological or chemical food safety hazards in and 
around the home. 
(c) EVALUATION.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention and the Secretary of 
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Agriculture shall evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the 
training programs authorized under this section and pre-
pare a report, the results of which shall be posted on the 
website of each agency. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2014— 
(1) $700,000 for carrying out the activities 
under subsection (b)(1); 
(2) $250,000 for carrying out the activities 
under subsection (b)(2); and 
(3) $250,000 for carrying out the activities 
under subsection (b)(3). 
SEC. 206. ENFORCEMENT OF LEAD DISCLOSURE RULE. 
Section 1018(a) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852d(a)), is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(A) INVESTIGATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
may— 
‘‘(I) conduct such investigations 
as may be necessary to carry out the 
duties of the Secretary under this sec-
tion; 
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