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The bill would expand federal tools, guidance, grants, and model codes to improve indoor air quality—especially for children, schools, and disadvantaged communities—delivering public health gains while raising federal and private compliance costs, relying in part on voluntary measures and multi‑year rollouts that may leave some people waiting or unable to participate.
Children, students, school and childcare occupants, residents, and other building occupants will face lower indoor exposure to pollutants because the bill funds EPA guidelines, assessments, grants, certifications, and model-code guidance to improve indoor air quality across many building types.
Disadvantaged communities, Tribal governments, schools, housing authorities, and low-income populations gain targeted technical assistance, grants, and federal coordination to address inequities and climate-driven indoor air risks.
Building owners, managers, and building operators get voluntary, science-based guidance, standardized measurement methods, certification pathways, and model code language that enable incremental retrofits, better operations, and potential long-term equipment and health-related savings.
Homeowners, building owners, small businesses, and renters may face substantial upfront and ongoing costs for construction, retrofits, filtration/ventilation upgrades, certifications, and maintenance, which could worsen housing affordability and operating costs.
Taxpayers may shoulder notable new federal spending if Congress appropriates the authorized amounts (up to roughly $500 million over five years plus additional study and grant funding), increasing budgetary costs.
Under-resourced communities, Tribal areas, and some local governments could be limited by non‑Federal cost-share requirements (federal share capped at 75%), reducing their ability to access grants and disproportionately affecting equity goals.
Based on analysis of 11 sections of legislative text.
Creates an EPA indoor air quality program, publishes voluntary contaminant guidelines, funds grants/certifications, and requires school/childcare assessments and model code guidance.
Introduced September 3, 2025 by Paul Tonko · Last progress September 3, 2025
Establishes a new federal indoor air quality program led by EPA to identify harmful indoor contaminants, publish voluntary science-based guidelines, develop model building-code provisions, and support schools and childcare facilities through assessments, certifications, technical help, and grants. Authorizes $100 million per year (FY2026–2030) for program activities (authorization only), requires periodic national assessments of school/childcare indoor air, and directs NIST and the National Academy of Sciences to develop model code provisions and study an indoor air quality index.