United States Toxic Mold Safety and Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1269
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2005-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Air conditioning
Air pollution control
Antitrust law
Apartment houses
Auditing
Building construction
Building laws
Building materials
Church property
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Consumer education
Contracts
Damages
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Environmental research
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fungi
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Health education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Indoor air pollution
Industrial standards
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Judicial review
Law
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Medicaid
Medical mycology
Medical research
Medically uninsured
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Nonprofit organizations
Property insurance
Public housing
Public service advertising
Punitive damages
Real estate business
Religion
Rental housing
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Single family housing
Small business
Social Welfare
Surety and fidelity
Tax credits
Taxation
Telephone
Toxicology
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: 
United States Toxic Mold Safety and Protection Act of 2005 or the Melina Bill - Directs: (1) the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to jointly study the health effects of indoor mold growth and toxic mold; (2) EPA to promulgate standards for preventing, detecting, and remediating indoor mold growth; and (3) EPA, NIH, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to sponsor related public education programs. 
 
Directs: (1) rental property lessors to conduct annual indoor mold inspections and notify the occupants of such results; and (2) HUD and EPA to promulgate mold hazard disclosure regulations. 
Directs the Secretary of HUD to: (1) establish, with respect to indoor mold in public housing, inspection requirements for existing housing and construction standards for new housing; and (2) establish model construction standards and techniques for mold prevention in new buildings. 
Establishes an indoor/toxic mold inspection requirement with respect to federally made or insured mortgages. 
Amends the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 to provide for industry standards development for building products that are designed to retard mold development. 
Directs EPA to make grants to States and local governments for mold growth remediation efforts in buildings owned or leased by such governments, including schools and multifamily dwellings. 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an annual tax credit for 60 percent of non-reimbursed mold inspection and remediation expenses ($50,000 annual maximum) paid or incurred by a taxpayer. 
Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) establish a toxic mold insurance program, with priority for one-to-four-family residential properties; and (2) establish in the Treasury a National Toxic Mold Hazard Insurance Fund. 
Authorizes the Director to assist qualifying insurers to form a federally-assisted toxic mold hazard insurance pool. Provides for Federal operation of such program under specified circumstances.
Authorizes State waiver of income, resource, and other Medicaid requirements for an individual whose health has been adversely affected by toxic mold exposure, and who lacks adequate medical insurance coverage.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Introduced in House