3.0.0 3891 2023-01-11T13:17:50Z 2023-01-11T13:17:50Z House H HR 2009-10-21 111 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2010-06-18T19:47:21Z hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2010-06-18T19:47:12Z Referred to 2009-10-21T14:02:40Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Referred to 2009-10-22T18:54:00Z hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-10-22T18:53:48Z Referred to 2009-10-21T14:02:38Z hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-10-21T14:02:39Z 2010-06-18 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Committee 2010-06-18 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Committee 2009-10-22 hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Committee 2009-10-22 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-10-21 Referred to House Agriculture IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2009-10-21 Referred to House Financial Services IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2009-10-21 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-10-21 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-10-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-10-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 N Housing and Community Development Air quality Building construction Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental technology Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health promotion and preventive care Housing and community development funding Housing industry and standards Medical tests and diagnostic methods Product safety and quality Housing and Community Development 00 2009-10-21 Introduced in House 2010-01-28T17:06:01Z Safe and Healthy Housing Act of 2009 - 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), acting through the Director of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (Director), to implement studies 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, acting through the Director, 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, acting through the Director, 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 (OCHPEE), 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, acting through the Director, 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, acting through the OCHPEE, 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, acting through the Director, to award funds for a Health Hazards Outreach competitive grant program.

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

]]> Safe and Healthy Housing Act of 2009 Display Title Safe and Healthy Housing Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced 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 House IH Short Titles as Introduced Safe and Healthy Housing Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-10-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3891ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3891ih.xml 2010-06-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. 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.