3.0.0 3654 2017-12-15T00:44:29Z 2017-12-15T00:44:29Z Senate S S 2008-09-29 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-29T21:03:05Z 2008-09-29 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10075-10078) IntroReferral 2008-09-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10074-10075) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N Housing and Community Development Agricultural colleges Agricultural extension work Agriculture and Food Block grants Building construction Building laws Building materials Carbon monoxide Child health Commerce Community development Consumer education Consumer goods Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Emergency housing Energy Energy assistance for the poor Energy conservation Energy efficiency Environmental Protection Environmental health Environmental monitoring Families Federal aid to education Federal aid to housing Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Health Health surveys Higher education Home ownership Home repair and improvement Housing for the aged Indoor air pollution Infrastructure Integrated pest management Labeling Lead Lead poisoning Low-income housing Medical research Medical statistics Paints and varnishes Preventive medicine Public service advertising Residential rehabilitation Rural housing Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Housing and Community Development 00 2008-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2010-01-28T17:09:07Z Research, Hazard Intervention, and National Outreach for Healthier Homes Act of 2008 - Directs the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the health effects of housing-related health hazards for which limited research or understanding of causes or associations exists.

Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement studies by the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control of the assessment, prevention, and control of housing-related health hazards.

Directs the Administrator of the EPA to study how sustainable building features in existing housing affect the quality of the indoor environment, the prevalence of housing-related health hazards, and the health of occupants.

Directs the Secretary of HUD to complete the analysis of data collected for the National Survey on Lead and Allergens in Housing and the American Healthy Housing Survey.

Directs the Administrator of the EPA to expand current indoor environmental monitoring efforts to establish baseline levels of indoor chemical pollutants and their sources.

Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to determine the data and resources needed to establish a healthy housing data collection system.

Directs the Secretary of HUD to: (1) develop improved methods for evaluating, reducing, and preventing health hazards in housing; (2) support development of objective measures for a healthy residential environment; (3) promote the incorporation of healthy housing principles in post-disaster environments as well as ongoing practices and systems, and of health considerations into green and energy-efficient construction and rehabilitation; (4) improve the dissemination of healthy housing information; and (5) promote state and local level healthy housing efforts.

Amends the Public Health Service Act with respect to the CDC Program Capacity on Housing-Related Health Hazard.

Directs the Administrator of the EPA, acting through the director of the Office of Children's Health Protection and Environmental Education, to address health hazards in the home environment, with particular attention to children, the elderly, and families with limited resources.

Directs the Secretary of HUD to award health hazard reduction grants to reduce significant structural, health, and safety hazards in the home.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, to establish a competitive grant program to promote education and outreach on housing-related health hazards.

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 with respect to enforcement of the lead disclosure rule.

Establishes within the EPA voluntary products and materials and housing labeling programs.

Specifies the duties of the EPA Administrator with respect to the Healthy Home Seal of Approval.

Directs the EPA Administrator to provide public education and outreach on environmental health risks experienced by the elderly, and low-cost methods for addressing them.

Directs the Secretary of HUD to award funds for a Health Hazards Outreach competitive grant program.

Directs the Secretary of HUD, the Director of the CDC, and the Administrator of the EPA to establish a national healthy housing media campaign.

]]> Research, Hazard Intervention, and National Outreach for Healthier Homes Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Research, Hazard Intervention, and National Outreach for Healthier Homes Act of 2008 Display Title Research, Hazard Intervention, and National Outreach for Healthier Homes Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3654is/xml/BILLS-110s3654is.xml 2008-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10075-10078) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.