[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6309 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6309

To amend the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
  to define environmental intervention blood lead level and establish 
additional requirements for certain lead hazard screens, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2008

 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 and establish 
additional requirements for certain lead hazard screens, 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 ``Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION ACT 
              OF 1992.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 1017 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852c) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Not later than'' and inserting ``(a) In 
        General.--Not later than''; and--
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Environmental Intervention Blood Lead Level and Lead Hazard 
Screens.--For purposes of this title and title III of the Lead-Based 
Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, and any regulations issued under this 
title or such title III--
            ``(1) an environmental intervention blood lead level shall 
        be defined as the lower of--
                    ``(A) the elevated blood lead level of concern for 
                a child under six years of age that has been 
                established by the Centers for Disease Control and 
                Prevention; or
                    ``(B) a confirmed concentration of lead in whole 
                blood equal to or greater than 10 ug/dL (micrograms of 
                lead per deciliter) for a confirmatory test; and
            ``(2) a lead hazard screen conducted as a result of a 
        reported environmental intervention blood lead level, as 
        established in paragraph (1), for any housing may include an 
        examination of toys and materials in the child's environment 
        that are likely to contain lead, except that such examination 
        shall be conducted by an appropriate agency determined by the 
        Secretary to have the ability to test such toys and 
        materials.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than the expiration of the 90-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall amend the regulations 
of such Department to comply with the amendments made by subsection 
(a).

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PREVIOUS LEAD HAZARD ABATEMENT PROGRAMS.

    Not later than the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall submit a report to the Congress on the status of the 
program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development known as the 
Big Buy Reimbursement program and any other voluntary programs the 
Secretary has implemented, or has planned to implement, through which 
the Secretary has conducted lead evaluations of housing covered by 
section 35.715 of the Secretary's regulations (24 C.F.R. 35.715; Lead 
Safe Housing Rule for pre-1978 assisted housing). Such report shall 
include the following information:
            (1) A description of the purpose of such programs 
        implemented or planned to be implemented.
            (2) A statement of the amounts allocated for each of such 
        programs.
            (3) Identification of the sources of the funding for each 
        of such programs.
            (4) A statement of the amount expended to each of such 
        programs, as of the date of the submission of the report.
            (5) A statement of the number of properties and the number 
        of dwelling units intended to be covered by each of such 
        programs.
            (6) A statement of the number of properties and the number 
        of dwelling units actually assisted by each of such programs.
            (7) A description of the status of each of such programs, 
        as of the date of the submission of the report.
            (8) An explanation as to why each of such programs have not 
        been completed.
            (9) A description of any enforcement actions taken against 
        owners of such housing who were to have been held harmless with 
        respect to any noncompliance with section 1018 of the 
        Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 
        U.S.C. 4852d), or with any rules implementing such section, 
        during implementation of such programs.
            (10) A timeline for completion of the remaining properties 
        and units covered by each of such programs.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act such sums as may be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2009.
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