[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9886 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9886

  To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
   comprehensive review of indoor air quality conditions across all 
    Federal buildings, facilities, and real property, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2026

Mr. Walkinshaw (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Beyer, and 
 Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
   comprehensive review of indoor air quality conditions across all 
    Federal buildings, facilities, and real property, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Facilities Indoor Air 
Quality Assessment Act''.

SEC. 2. GAO REVIEW OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS.

    (a) Review Required.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a comprehensive review of indoor air quality (in this 
section referred to as ``IAQ''), ventilation, and heating, and air 
conditioning (in this section referred to as ``HVAC'') performance 
conditions across all Federal buildings, facilities, structures, 
installations, and real property owned, operated, or maintained by any 
department or agency of the Federal Government.
    (b) Scope.--
            (1) In general.--The review shall evaluate the extent to 
        which departments and agencies ensure that Federal facilities 
        meet applicable IAQ, ventilation, and HVAC performance 
        standards throughout the design, construction, renovation, 
        commissioning, operation, and occupancy of such facilities.
            (2) Standards.--For purposes of this section, applicable 
        IAQ, ventilation, and HVAC performance and design standards 
        shall include, at a minimum, standards and guidelines published 
        by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-
        Conditioning Engineers, including ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-
        2025 (Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality) and ANSI/
        ASHRAE Standard 55-2023 (Thermal Environmental Conditions for 
        Human Occupancy), applicable editions of the International 
        Mechanical Code (IMC) with local amendments, standards 
        established under personnel certification programs accredited 
        to ISO/IEC 17024 by the ANSI National Accreditation Board, 
        including testing, adjusting, and balancing and fire and smoke 
        damper and smoke control systems personnel certification 
        programs administered by the International Certification Board, 
        and any standards or guidelines adopted pursuant to regulations 
        promulgated under part 102-80 of title 41, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, or any successor regulations, governing safety and 
        environmental management of Federal facilities.
    (c) Elements.--The review shall include an assessment of--
            (1) policies and procedures used by departments and 
        agencies to monitor, test, and document IAQ in newly 
        constructed, renovated, or existing Federal facilities;
            (2) the frequency, nature, and causes of IAQ related 
        deficiencies identified through inspections, post occupancy 
        evaluations, or other oversight mechanisms;
            (3) the effectiveness of existing oversight, compliance, 
        and remediation mechanisms in identifying, addressing, and 
        preventing IAQ hazards or HVAC performance failures across all 
        Federal buildings and real property portfolios; and
            (4) the qualifications and credentials of contractors and 
        workers performing HVAC installation, testing, adjusting and 
        balancing, commissioning, fire and smoke damper and smoke 
        control systems work, maintenance, and remediation in Federal 
        facilities, including the extent to which departments and 
        agencies require or verify that such contractors and workers 
        hold personnel certifications administered under programs 
        accredited to ISO/IEC 17024 by the ANSI National Accreditation 
        Board, and the extent to which such work is performed by 
        workers enrolled in or who have completed a registered 
        apprenticeship program, as that term is defined under the Act 
        of August 16, 1937 (29 U.S.C. 50 et seq., commonly referred to 
        as the ``National Apprenticeship Act'').
    (d) Report.--Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to Congress a report containing the findings of the review required 
under subsection (a), together with any recommendations for legislative 
or administrative action.
    (e) Agency Response.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
submission of the report under subsection (d), the head of each Federal 
department or agency identified in the report as having material indoor 
air quality deficiencies shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a corrective action plan describing the steps such department 
or agency will take to address such deficiencies.
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