Sec. 7. Construction requirements for public housing and certain other federally-assisted construction

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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take such actions and impose such standards and conditions as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that any public housing constructed after the date of the issuance of the model construction standards and techniques established under subsection (b), is constructed in accordance with such model standards and techniques. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, jointly with the Executive Director of the National Institute of Building Sciences, and the President of the National Academy of Sciences, to the extent such Director and President agree to participate, shall develop model construction standards and techniques for preventing and controlling indoor residential mold in new residential buildings.

The model standards and techniques shall provide for geographic differences in construction types and materials, geology, weather, and other variables that may affect indoor residential mold levels in new buildings. To the maximum extent possible, such standards and techniques shall be developed with— the assistance of organizations involved in establishing national building construction standards and techniques; the assistance of organizations that develop mold and water damage standards; representatives of State or local authorities responsible for building inspections and the issuance of certificates of occupancy; public health advocates; and housing advocates and organizations representing the interests of tenants.

The Secretary shall make a draft of the document containing the model standards and techniques available for public review and comment. The Secretary shall make final model standards and techniques available to the public not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. Within 1 year of the publication of the final model standards and techniques required by paragraph (4), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Defense shall each include such model standards and techniques as a requirement for residential rehabilitation or new construction projects funded with Federal appropriations made available by such agencies.

Within 1 year of the publication of the final model standards and techniques required by paragraph (4), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall ensure that any rehabilitation or new construction through the Rental Assistance Demonstration program under the heading Rental Assistance Demonstration in title II of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of Public Law 112–55 ; 125 Stat. 673), or through any program blending such Rental Assistance Demonstration and section 18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 complies with such model standards and techniques.

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Pub. L. 112-55
125 Stat. 673

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Sec. 7

Construction requirements for public housing and certain other federally-assisted construction

Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-55

Stat.125 Stat. 673

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