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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2255 

To direct the Secretaries of the military departments to submit certification 

and a report each year to the Secretaries of Defense and Housing 

and Urban Development regarding whether housing under the jurisdiction 

of the Secretaries of the military departments is in compliance with 

requirements relating to lead-based paint. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2019 

Mr. KILDEE (for himself and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretaries of the military departments to 

submit certification and a report each year to the Secretaries of Defense and Housing and Urban Development 

regarding whether housing under the jurisdiction of the 

Secretaries of the military departments is in compliance 

with requirements relating to lead-based paint. 

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

3 SECTION 1. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION AND REPORTING RE4 GARDING LEAD-BASED PAINT IN MILITARY 

5 HOUSING. 

6 (a) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION AND REPORTING.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary concerned 

2 shall submit certification in writing to the Secre3 taries of Defense and Housing and Urban Develop4 ment indicating whether housing under the jurisdic5 tion of the Secretary concerned is in compliance with 

6 the requirements respecting lead-based paint, lead7 based paint activities, and lead-based paint hazards 

8 described in section 408 of the Toxic Substances 

9 Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2688). 

10 (2) SUBMISSION DATES.—Each Secretary con11 cerned shall submit the certification under para12 graph (1) not later than July 31 of each year begin13 ning in 2019. 

14 (3) CONTENTS.—Each certification under para15 graph (1) shall state, with regards to the preceding 

16 calendar year— 

17 (A) the total number of housing units 

18 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary con19 cerned that were inspected for lead-based paint 

20 in accordance with the requirements described 

21 in paragraph (1); 

22 (B) the total number of housing units that 

23 were found to contain lead-based paint in the 

24 course of the inspections described in subpara25 graph (A); 


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1 (C) any abatement efforts conducted re2 garding housing units described in subpara3 graph (B); and 

4 (D) the total number of housing units 

5 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary con6 cerned that were not inspected for lead-based 

7 paint. 

8 (b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than August 31 of 

9 each year beginning in 2019, the Secretary of Defense 

10 shall publish (including on a website of the Department 

11 of Defense) and submit to the Armed Services Committee 

12 and Appropriations Committee of the House of Represent13 atives and the Armed Services Committee and Appropria14 tions Committee of the Senate a report that discloses— 

15 (1) each military department that has failed to 

16 submit a required certification under subsection (a); 

17 and 

18 (2) a detailed summary of the data, broken 

19 down by military department, contained in the cer20 tifications under subsection (a). 

21 (c) NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTIES.—For each of fiscal 

22 years 2019 through 2022, each political appointee of a 

23 military department that has failed to certify compliance 

24 under subsection (a) may not receive bonus pay, excluding 


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1 overtime pay, until the Secretary concerned certifies such 

2 compliance. 

3 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Sec4 retary concerned’’ and ‘‘military department’’ have the 

5 meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 10, 

6 United States Code. 

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