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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2746
To assist State and Tribal governments in assessing and remediating mold,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL8, 2025
Ms. S
TEVENSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To assist State and Tribal governments in assessing and
remediating mold, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fix Moldy Housing 4
Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. STUDY ON CONDITIONS IN WHICH MOLD ASSESS-6
MENT AND REMEDIATION IS WARRANTED. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi-8
ronmental Protection Agency shall enter into an arrange-9
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ment with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineer-1
ing, and Medicine to conduct a study on— 2
(1) the conditions in which indoor mold assess-3
ment and remediation is warranted; and 4
(2) how to assess and remediate indoor mold 5
properly and safely. 6
(b) R
EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 7
of enactment of this Act— 8
(1) the study under subsection (a) shall be com-9
pleted; and 10
(2) the Administrator shall submit a report to 11
the Congress on the results of such study. 12
SEC. 3. STANDARDS FOR ASSESSING AND REMEDIATING 13
MOLD. 14
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 15
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in con-16
junction with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, 17
shall issue nonbinding national standards that— 18
(1) identify levels of mold that should be as-19
sessed and remediated; and 20
(2) outline standards for— 21
(A) properly and safely assessing mold; 22
and 23
(B) properly and safely remediating mold. 24
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(b) CONSIDERATION.—In issuing the standards 1
under subsection (a), the Administrator shall take into 2
consideration the results of the study conducted under sec-3
tion 2. 4
SEC. 4. PROGRAM TO ASSIST STATE AND TRIBAL GOVERN-5
MENTS WITH ASSESSING AND REMEDIATING 6
MOLD. 7
(a) P
ROGRAM.—Taking into consideration the results 8
of the study under section 2 and the national standards 9
under section 3, the Administrator shall carry out a pro-10
gram to assist State and Tribal governments in carrying 11
out programs and activities to assess and remediate mold. 12
(b) G
RANTS.— 13
(1) A
UTHORIZATION.—In carrying out the pro-14
gram under subsection (a), the Administrator shall 15
award grants to State and Tribal governments to es-16
tablish a licensing program for persons engaged in 17
assessing and remediating mold. 18
(2) P
ERMISSIBLE USE.—A grant awarded 19
under paragraph (1) may be used to pay the costs 20
of operating a licensing program described in para-21
graph (1), including administrative costs. 22
(3) P
REFERENCE.—In awarding grants under 23
paragraph (1), the Administrator shall give pref-24
erence to State and Tribal governments that include 25
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geographic areas that are highly susceptible to in-1
door mold contamination based on— 2
(A) the national standards established 3
under section 3; 4
(B) outdoor environmental conditions, such 5
as humidity; or 6
(C) other factors identified by the Admin-7
istrator. 8
(c) T
ECHNICALASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the 9
program under subsection (a), the Administrator shall 10
provide technical assistance to State and Tribal programs 11
to assess and remediate mold. 12
(d) T
RAININGPROGRAM.—In carrying out the pro-13
gram under subsection (a), the Administrator shall admin-14
ister training seminars on assessing and remediating 15
mold. 16
(e) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 17
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 18
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 19
SEC. 5. GRANTS FOR ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF 20
MOLD IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SEVERELY 21
IMPACTED HOMES. 22
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Administrator shall award 23
grants to State and Tribal governments to cover the costs 24
associated with assessing and remediating mold in— 25
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(1) buildings owned or leased by such govern-1
ments, including schools and housing; and 2
(2) private residential properties, including sin-3
gle family and multifamily properties. 4
(b) A
DDITIONALPERMISSIBLEUSES OFFUNDS.— 5
In addition to uses allowed under subsection (a), a grant 6
awarded under this section may also be used to cover the 7
costs of temporary housing for periods not in excess of 8
6 months, including moving costs, for individuals who— 9
(1) are severely impacted by mold in their resi-10
dences; 11
(2) are without insurance coverage for mold; 12
and 13
(3) do not have sufficient financial resources to 14
obtain alternative housing, as determined on a case- 15
by-case basis by the State or Tribal government. 16
(c) L
ICENSINGPROGRAM.—As a condition on receipt 17
of a grant awarded under this section, a State or Tribal 18
government shall agree to implement a licensing program 19
for persons in the relevant jurisdiction engaged in assess-20
ing and remediating mold. 21
(d) N
OT FORUSE FORHIGH-INCOMEHOUSE-22
HOLDS.—As a condition on receipt of a grant awarded 23
under this section, a State or Tribal government shall 24
agree to refrain from using the grant to assess or reme-25
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diate mold in housing occupied by households that are, 1
as determined by the Administrator, high-income. 2
(e) P
RIORITIZATION.—In awarding grants under this 3
section, the Administrator shall give priority to— 4
(1) applicants proposing to use a grant under 5
this section to assess and remediate mold in— 6
(A) housing occupied by households that 7
are, as determined by the Administrator, low- 8
income; or 9
(B) buildings serving communities that 10
are, as determined by the Administrator, low- 11
income; and 12
(2) State and Tribal governments that include 13
geographic areas that are highly susceptible to in-14
door mold contamination based on— 15
(A) the national standards established 16
under section 3; 17
(B) outdoor environmental conditions, such 18
as humidity; or 19
(C) other factors identified by the Admin-20
istrator. 21
(f) F
EDERALSHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 22
of activities implemented with a grant under this section 23
in any fiscal year shall not exceed 60 percent of the costs 24
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incurred by the State or Tribal government receiving the 1
grant in implementing such activities. 2
(g) A
LLOCATION.—Of the funds made available to 3
carry out this section each fiscal year— 4
(1) at least 20 percent shall be used pursuant 5
to subsection (a) to cover costs associated with as-6
sessing and remediating mold in buildings owned or 7
leased by governments; and 8
(2) at least 20 percent shall be used pursuant 9
to subsection (a) to cover costs associated with as-10
sessing and remediating mold in private residential 11
properties. 12
(h) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 13
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 14
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 15
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 16
In this Act: 17
(1) A
DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-18
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-19
mental Protection Agency. 20
(2) M
OLD.—The term ‘‘mold’’ means a fungal 21
growth that forms and spreads on various kinds of 22
damp or decaying organic matter. 23
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(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes, in ad-1
dition to the several States, the District of Columbia 2
and any territory of the United States. 3
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