II 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 577 

To require the Department of Housing and Urban Development to conduct 

an annual risk assessment of properties receiving tenant-based or projectbased rental assistance for lead-based hazards, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 1, 2023 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. WARNOCK) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Department of Housing and Urban Development to conduct an annual risk assessment of properties 

receiving tenant-based or project-based rental assistance 

for lead-based hazards, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep Children and 

5 Families Safe from Lead Hazards Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LEAD-BASED PAINT. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 


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1 (1) the term ‘‘covered housing’’ means a dwell2 ing unit receiving project-based rental assistance or 

3 tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of the 

4 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

5 1437f); and 

6 (2) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart7 ment of Housing and Urban Development. 

8 (b) ANNUAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—Not 

9 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 

10 and every year thereafter, the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

11 for the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs of the De12 partment, in collaboration with the Office of Lead Hazard 

13 Control and Healthy Homes of the Department, shall— 

14 (1) conduct a risk assessment of covered hous15 ing to identify properties with the greatest risk of 

16 exposing children under the age of 6 years old to 

17 lead hazards, including lead-based paint and lead 

18 service lines; 

19 (2) develop an action plan relating to remedi20 ation, control, and safeguards to address lead haz21 ards, including lead-based paint and lead-service 

22 lines, in covered housing identified in the risk as23 sessment conducted under paragraph (1), with pri24 ority given to those properties with children under 

25 the age of 6 years old; and 


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1 (3) submit to Congress a report on properties 

2 with covered housing that have lead-based paint or 

3 lead service lines, including the number of children 

4 under the age of 6 years old living at these prop5 erties. 

6 (c) UNIFORM PHYSICAL CONDITION STANDARD IN7 SPECTIONS.—In conducting uniform physical condition in8 spections in accordance with part 5 of title 24, Code of 

9 Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, the Sec10 retary shall include lead-based paint and lead service lines 

11 in the graded scoring as an exigent health and safety defi12 ciency to ensure that— 

13 (1) lead-based paint and lead service lines are 

14 tracked at each applicable property; and 

15 (2) the owners of those properties are held ac16 countable for remediating deficiencies. 

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