[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3397 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3397

To amend the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
         to define environmental intervention blood lead level.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 2007

 Mr. Ellison introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
         to define environmental intervention blood lead level.

    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 ``Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. AMENDING THE RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION ACT 
              OF 1992.

    Section 1017 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction 
Act (42 U.S.C. 4852c) is amended--
     (a) by striking ``Not later than'' and inserting ``(a) In 
General.--Not later than'' with appropriate indentation; and
    (b) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Environmental Intervention Blood Lead Level.--For the purpose 
of this Act, and any regulations issued under this Act, an 
environmental intervention blood lead level shall be a confirmed 
concentration of lead in whole blood equal to or greater than 10 ug/dL 
(micrograms of lead per deciliter) for a single test.''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall amend the 
regulations of such department to comply with the amendments made by 
section 2 not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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