(C) work with States and local govern-
ments to better meet the needs of families and 
individuals for healthy housing by— 
(i) holding meetings with State and 
local representatives; and 
(ii) providing ongoing technical assist-
ance and training to States and localities 
in better meeting the housing-related needs 
of such families and individuals; 
(D) identify best practices for programs 
and services that assist families and individuals 
in accessing healthy housing, including model— 
(i) programs linking housing, health, 
environmental, human, and energy serv-
ices; 
(ii) housing and remodeling financing 
products offered by government, quasi-gov-
ernment, and private sector entities; 
(iii) housing and building codes and 
regulatory practices; 
(iv) existing and new consensus speci-
fications and work practices documents; 
(v) capacity building and training pro-
grams that help increase and diversify the 
supply of practitioners who perform assess-
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ments of housing-related health hazards 
and interventions to address housing-re-
lated health hazards; and 
(vi) programs that increase commu-
nity awareness of, and education on, hous-
ing-related health hazards and available 
assessments and interventions; 
(E) develop a comprehensive healthy hous-
ing research agenda that considers health, safe-
ty, environmental, and energy factors, to— 
(i) identify cost-effective assessments 
and treatment protocols for housing-re-
lated health hazards in existing housing; 
(ii) establish links between housing 
hazards and health outcomes; 
(iii) track housing-related health prob-
lems including injuries, illnesses, and 
death; 
(iv) track housing conditions that may 
be associated with health problems; 
(v) identify cost-effective protocols for 
construction of new healthy housing; and 
(vi) identify replicable and effective 
programs or strategies for addressing 
housing-related health hazards; 
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(4) hold biannual meetings with stakeholders 
and other interested parties in a location convenient 
for such stakeholders, or hold open Council meet-
ings, to receive input and ideas about how to best 
meet the healthy housing needs of families and indi-
viduals; 
(5) maintain an updated website of policies, 
meetings, best practices, programs and services, 
making use of existing websites as appropriate, to 
keep people informed of the activities of the Council; 
and 
(6) work with member agencies to collect and 
maintain data on housing-related health hazards, ill-
nesses, and injuries so that all data can be accessed 
in 1 place and to identify and address unmet data 
needs. 
(b) REPORTS.— 
(1) BY MEMBERS.—Each year the head of each 
agency who is a member of the Council shall prepare 
and transmit to the Council a report that briefly 
summarizes— 
(A) each healthy housing-related program 
and service administered by the agency and the 
number of families and individuals served by 
each program or service, the resources available 
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in each program or service, and a breakdown of 
where each program and service can be 
accessed; 
(B) the barriers and impediments, includ-
ing statutory or regulatory, to the access and 
use of such programs and services by families 
and individuals, with particular attention to the 
barriers and impediments experienced by low- 
income families and individuals; 
(C) the efforts made by the agency to in-
crease opportunities for families and individ-
uals, including low-income families and individ-
uals, to reside in healthy housing, including how 
the agency is working with other agencies to 
better coordinate programs and services; and 
(D) any new data collected by the agency 
relating to the healthy housing needs of families 
and individuals. 
(2) BY THE COUNCIL.—Each year the Council 
shall prepare and transmit to the President and the 
Congress, a report that— 
(A) summarizes the reports required in 
paragraph (1); 
(B) utilizes recent data to assess the na-
ture of housing-related health hazards, and as-
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sociated illnesses and injuries, in the United 
States; 
(C) provides a comprehensive and detailed 
description of the programs and services of the 
Federal Government in meeting the needs and 
problems described in subparagraph (B); 
(D) describes the activities and accomplish-
ments of the Council in working with Federal, 
State, and local governments, non-profit organi-
zations and for-profit entities in coordinating 
programs and services to meet the needs de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) and the resources 
available to meet those needs; 
(E) assesses the level of Federal assistance 
required to meet the needs described in sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(F) makes recommendations for appro-
priate legislative and administrative actions to 
meet the needs described in subparagraph (B) 
and for coordinating programs and services de-
signed to meet those needs. 
SEC. 6. POWERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
(a) HEARINGS.—The Council may hold such hear-
ings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testi-
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mony, and receive such evidence as the Council considers 
advisable to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
(b) INFORMATION FROM AGENCIES.—Agencies which 
are represented on the Council shall provide all requested 
information and data to the Council as requested. 
(c) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Council may use the 
United States mails in the same manner and under the 
same conditions as other departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
(d) GIFTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Council may accept, 
use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or 
property. 
(2) INTERNAL
REGULATIONS.—The Council 
shall adopt internal regulations governing the receipt 
of gifts or donations of services or property similar 
to those described in part 2601 of title 5, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
(e) CONTRACTS AND INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS.— 
The Council may enter into contracts with State, Tribal, 
and local governments, public agencies and private-sector 
entities, and into interagency agreements with Federal 
agencies. Such contracts and interagency agreements may 
be single-year or multi-year in duration. 
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SEC. 7. COUNCIL PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
(a) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—A member of 
the Council who is not an officer or employee of the 
Federal Government shall be reasonably com-
pensated for that member’s participation in the 
Council, including reimbursement for travel expenses 
as described in subsection (b). 
(2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—A member of the 
Council who is an officer or employee of the United 
States shall serve without compensation in addition 
to the compensation received for services of the 
member as an officer or employee of the Federal 
Government. 
(b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Coun-
cil shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in 
lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of 
agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code, while away from their homes or reg-
ular places of business in the performance of services for 
the Council. 
(c) STAFF.— 
(1) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Council shall 
appoint an Executive Director at its initial meeting. 
The Executive Director shall be compensated at a 
rate not to exceed the rate of pay payable for level 
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V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—With the approval of the 
Council, the Executive Director may appoint and fix 
the compensation of such additional personnel as are 
necessary to carry out the duties of the Council. The 
rate of compensation may be set without regard to 
the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter II of 
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating 
to classification of positions and General Schedule 
pay rates, except that the rate of pay may not ex-
ceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 
(d) TEMPORARY AND INTERMITTENT SERVICES.—In 
carrying out its objectives, the Council may procure tem-
porary and intermittent services of consultants and ex-
perts under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
at rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for 
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 
such title. 
(e) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Upon 
request of the Council, any Federal Government employee 
may be detailed to the Council without reimbursement, 
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and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of 
civil service status or privilege. 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall provide the Coun-
cil with such administrative (including office space) and 
supportive services as are necessary to ensure that the 
Council can carry out its functions. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act, $750,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by subsection (a) shall remain available for the 2 
fiscal years following such appropriation. 
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