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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2513 

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make 

grants to public housing agencies and owners of other federally assisted 

housing to cover the costs of removing and replacing lead-based water 

service pipes for federally assisted housing projects, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 14, 2021 

Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois (for himself, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. NORTON, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. JONES, Ms. NEWMAN, 

Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. DANNY K. 

DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CARSON, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 

SEWELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. RUSH, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. 

MENG, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. 

JACOBS of California, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 

AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. BONAMICI, and Ms. BARRAGA ́N) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to public housing agencies and 

owners of other federally assisted housing to cover the 

costs of removing and replacing lead-based water service 

pipes for federally assisted housing projects, and for 

other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Lead Abatement for 

5 Families Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LEAD ABATEMENT FOR FAMILIES. 

7 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF LEAD WATER SERVICE

8 LINES.— 

9 (1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Housing and 

10 Urban Development, in consultation with public 

11 housing agencies, owners of other federally assisted 

12 housing, and the Administrator of the Environ13 mental Protection Administration shall, not later 

14 than the expiration of the 24-month period begin15 ning upon the date of the enactment of this Act, un16 dertake and complete a review of all public housing 

17 projects and all other federally assisted housing 

18 projects to identify any such projects for which the 

19 source of potable water is a lead-based water service 

20 pipe or pipes. 

21 (2) REPORT.—Upon completion of the review 

22 required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

23 submit a report to the Congress setting forth the re24 sults of the review and identifying any projects for 


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1 which the source of potable water is a lead-based 

2 water service pipe or pipes. 

3 (b) GRANT AUTHORITY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 

5 grants to public housing agencies and owners of 

6 other federally assisted housing to cover the eligible 

7 costs of fully removing and replacing lead-based 

8 water service pipes for housing projects identified 

9 pursuant to the review under subsection (a) or oth10 erwise identified by the Secretary. 

11 (2) ELIGIBLE COSTS.—Amounts from a grant 

12 under this subsection may be used only for costs of 

13 fully removing and replacing a lead-based water 

14 service pipe for a housing project. 

15 (3) ASSURANCES.—The Secretary shall require 

16 each public housing agency and owner of other fed17 erally assisted housing receiving a grant under this 

18 subsection for a housing project to make such assur19 ances and enter into such agreements as the Sec20 retary considers necessary to ensure that— 

21 (A) the lead-based water service pipes for 

22 the project that will be fully removed and re23 placed using such grant amounts are identified; 

24 and 


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1 (B) all work to fully remove and replace 

2 such pipes is completed before the expiration of 

3 the 24-month period beginning upon the initial 

4 availability to the agency or owner of such 

5 grant amounts. 

6 (4) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS.—The amount of 

7 grant under this subsection with respect to a hous8 ing project may not exceed the estimate of the Sec9 retary of the full cost of removing and replacing the 

10 lead-based water service pipes for the project identi11 fied pursuant to paragraph (3)(A). 

12 (c) FINAL REPORT.—Upon the expiration of the 6- 

13 year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 

14 Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report 

15 identifying the housing projects for which lead-based 

16 water service pipes were removed and replaced using 

17 grants under subsection (b) and analyzing the effective18 ness of the program for such grants. 

19 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

20 following definitions shall apply: 

21 (1) HOUSING PROJECT.—The term ‘‘housing 

22 project’’ means a public housing project or a project 

23 that is other federally assisted housing. 

24 (2) OTHER FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.— 

25 The term ‘‘other federally assisted housing’’ has the 


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1 meaning given the term ‘‘federally assisted housing’’ 

2 in section 683 of the Housing and Community De3 velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13641), except 

4 that such term does not include any public housing 

5 project described in paragraph (2)(A) of such sec6 tion. 

7 (3) LEAD-BASED WATER SERVICE PIPE.—The 

8 term ‘‘lead-based water service pipe’’ means, with re9 spect to a housing project, a pipe or other conduit 

10 that— 

11 (A) is used to supply potable water for the 

12 housing project from outside the project; and 

13 (B) does not satisfy the definition of ‘‘lead14 free’’ established under section 1417 of the Safe 

15 Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–6). 

16 (4) PUBLIC HOUSING.—The term ‘‘public hous17 ing’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

18 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

19 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 

20 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

22 (e) RULES; GUIDANCE.—The Secretary, after con23 sultation with the Administrator of the Environmental 

24 Protection Administration, may issue any interpretative 

25 rules or guidance necessary to carry out this section. 


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1 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated for grants under subsection 

3 (b)— 

4 (1) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

5 (2) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

6 (3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 

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