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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1282 

To reduce housing-related health hazards, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 20, 2013 

Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. CUMMINGS, 

Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. CICILLINE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To reduce housing-related health 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 ‘‘Lead Hazard Title 

5 X Amendments Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Poor housing conditions contribute to a 

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1 cer, which disproportionately impact susceptible and 

2 vulnerable populations, such as children, the poor, 

3 minorities, and people with chronic medical condi4 tions. For example— 

5 (A) according to the Department of Hous6 ing and Urban Development, nearly 6,000,000 

7 housing units in the United States had mod8 erate to severe physical infrastructure problems 

9 other than problems with lead in 2007; 

10 (B) the Centers for Disease Control and 

11 Prevention found that about 23,000,000 hous12 ing units, most of them built before 1960, have 

13 1 or more lead-based paint hazards, where 

14 young children under age 6 are endangered by 

15 chipping or peeling lead paint or excessive 

16 amounts of lead-contaminated dust. Of these 

17 homes, about 1,100,000 housed low-income 

18 families with 1 or more children under age 6; 

19 (C) low-level lead poisoning is widespread 

20 among children in the United States, afflicting 

21 hundreds of thousands of children under age 6, 

22 with minority and low-income communities af23 fected disproportionately; 

24 (D) costs for asthma due to dampness and 

25 mold were estimated at $3,500,000,000 in 


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1 2004, according to the International Journal of 

2 Environment and Health; 

3 (E) the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Im4 munology found that about 17,000,000 homes 

5 have elevated levels of 4 or more allergens, a 

6 condition that is associated with symptoms 

7 among residents with allergic asthma; 

8 (F) the Environmental Protection Agency 

9 found that more than 6,800,000 housing units 

10 have radon exposures above the current Envi11 ronmental Protection Agency radon action level; 

12 and 

13 (G) the National Institutes of Health esti14 mates that radon exposures result in 21,000 

15 radon-induced lung cancer deaths per year, 

16 which cost $2,300,000,000 per year. 

17 (2) The Federal Government must continue its 

18 leadership in demonstrating and implementing 

19 projects that assess and correct health hazards in 

20 the home environment to support the national goal 

21 of providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing to 

22 every family in the United States. 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Section 1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

3 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through 

6 (27) as paragraphs (13) through (29), respectively; 

7 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 

8 (10) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; 

9 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—The term ‘eligible 

12 applicant’ means a State, a unit of general local gov13 ernment, an Indian tribe, or a private nonprofit or14 ganization that meets the requirements of section 

15 1101(b).’’; and 

16 (4) by inserting after paragraph (11), as so re17 designated, the following: 

18 ‘‘(12) HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH HAZARD.— 

19 The term ‘housing-related health hazard’ means any 

20 condition of residential real property that poses a 

21 risk of biological, physical, radiological, or chemical 

22 exposure that can adversely affect human health.’’. 

23 SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM. 

24 Section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

25 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852) is 

26 amended— 


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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘GRANTS FOR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD RE3 DUCTION IN TARGET HOUSING’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘GRANTS FOR REDUCTION OF LEAD-BASED

5 PAINT HAZARDS AND CORRECTION OF OTHER

6 HOUSING-RELATED HAZARDS’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 

9 and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D), re10 spectively; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig12 nated— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘for grants’’ and in14 serting ‘‘For grants’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking the semicolon at the 

16 end and inserting a period; 

17 (C) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig18 nated— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘for grants’’ and in20 serting ‘‘For grants’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 

22 a period; 

23 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B), 

24 as so redesignated, the following: 


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1 ‘‘(C) For grants made to carry out any of 

2 paragraphs (1) through (9) or (11) of sub3 section (e), the grants may not be used to assist 

4 federally assisted housing, federally owned 

5 housing, or public housing.’’; 

6 (E) in subparagraph (D), as so redesig7 nated, by striking ‘‘notwithstanding paragraphs 

8 (1) and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding 

9 subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’; 

10 (F) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

11 (A), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘The Sec12 retary’’ and all that follows through 

13 ‘‘criteria—’’ and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is au15 thorized to provide grants to eligible applicants to 

16 evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards and to 

17 identify and correct other housing-related health 

18 hazards in accordance with the provisions of this 

19 section. 

20 ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary may make a 

21 grant under this section only to provide housing that 

22 meets the following criteria:’’; and 

23 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(3) INCOME VERIFICATION.—For the purpose 

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1 paragraphs (A) and (B), the Secretary may establish 

2 a process by which a grantee may first obtain and 

3 use income and program participation information 

4 from an entity administering— 

5 ‘‘(A) the HOME Investment Partnerships 

6 program under title II of the Cranston-Gon7 zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.); 

9 ‘‘(B) the special supplemental nutrition 

10 program for women, infants, and children es11 tablished under section 17 of the Child Nutri12 tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); 

13 ‘‘(C) reduced price or free lunches under 

14 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 

16 ‘‘(D) the weatherization assistance pro17 gram for low-income persons established under 

18 part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation 

19 and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.); 

20 ‘‘(E) the temporary assistance for needy 

21 families program established under part A of 

22 title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 601 et seq.); 


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1 ‘‘(F) the supplemental security income pro2 gram established under title XVI of the Social 

3 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); or 

4 ‘‘(G) any other program that the Secretary 

5 determines is consistent with the family income 

6 requirements of this section.’’; 

7 (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State or unit of 

12 general local government, as defined under sec13 tion 104 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af14 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704), that 

15 has an approved comprehensive housing afford16 ability strategy under section 105 of the Cran17 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 

18 (42 U.S.C. 12705), or an Indian tribe recog19 nized under section 102 of the Federally Recog20 nized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 

21 479a), is eligible to apply for a grant to carry 

22 out activities under any of paragraphs (1) 

23 through (9) or (11) of subsection (e). 

24 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—A private nonprofit or25 ganization shall be eligible to apply for a grant 


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1 to carry out activities under paragraphs (1) 

2 through (9) or (11) of subsection (e) if the ap3 plication adequately demonstrates that it is 

4 being submitted in partnership with the State 

5 or unit of general local government in which the 

6 activities will be carried out. 

7 ‘‘(2) HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH HAZARDS.—A 

8 private nonprofit organization shall be eligible to 

9 apply for a grant to carry out activities under sub10 section (e)(10).’’; 

11 (4) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding 

12 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a State or unit of local 

13 government’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible applicant’’; 

14 (5) in subsection (d)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) by inserting ‘‘in the case of a grant 

17 to carry out activities relating to lead18 based paint hazards,’’ before ‘‘the extent’’; 

19 and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘housing’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘target housing or 0-bedroom dwellings 

22 constructed before 1978’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 

24 other housing-related health hazards’’ after 

25 ‘‘lead-based paint hazards’’; 


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1 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

2 through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (6); and 

3 (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(2) in the case of a grant to carry out activi6 ties relating to housing-related hazards, the extent 

7 to which the proposed activities will correct housing8 related health hazards;’’; 

9 (6) in subsection (e)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘renova11 tions, remodeling,’’ after ‘‘inspections,’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (9)— 

13 (i) by inserting ‘‘before and’’ after 

14 ‘‘housing’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (C) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 

17 paragraph (11); and 

18 (D) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(10) provide for the assessment and correction 

21 of housing-related health hazards and the evaluation 

22 of the effectiveness of the assessment and correction; 

23 and’’; 

24 (7) in subsection (l)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘in the 

2 case of a grant to carry out activities relating 

3 to lead-based paint hazards,’’ before ‘‘the abil4 ity’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and 

6 other housing-related health hazards have been 

7 corrected’’ after ‘‘abated’’; and 

8 (8) in subsection (n), by inserting ‘‘or Indian 

9 tribe’’ after ‘‘State’’ each place that term appears. 

10 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 Section 1011 of the Residential Lead-based Paint 

12 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852) is 

13 amended by striking subsection (p) and inserting the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(p) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR

16 HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH HAZARDS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para18 graph (2), not more than 25 percent of the amounts 

19 made available under subsection (q) for a fiscal year 

20 shall be available for grants to carry out activities 

21 under subsection (e)(10). 

22 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—If an amount that is not 

23 more than $120,000,000 is appropriated for a fiscal 

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1 shall be available for grants to carry out activities 

2 under subsection (e)(10) for that fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(q) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For 

4 purposes of carrying out this subtitle, there are authorized 

5 to be appropriated $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

6 2014 through 2018.’’. 

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