I 
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. NAD-
LER, 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lead Hazard Title 
X Amendments Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Poor housing conditions contribute to a 
wide range of health conditions, including uninten-
tional injuries, respiratory illness, asthma, and can-
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cer, which disproportionately impact susceptible and 
vulnerable populations, such as children, the poor, 
minorities, and people with chronic medical condi-
tions. For example— 
(A) according to the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development, nearly 6,000,000 
housing units in the United States had mod-
erate to severe physical infrastructure problems 
other than problems with lead in 2007; 
(B) the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention found that about 23,000,000 hous-
ing units, most of them built before 1960, have 
1 or more lead-based paint hazards, where 
young children under age 6 are endangered by 
chipping or peeling lead paint or excessive 
amounts of lead-contaminated dust. Of these 
homes, about 1,100,000 housed low-income 
families with 1 or more children under age 6; 
(C) low-level lead poisoning is widespread 
among children in the United States, afflicting 
hundreds of thousands of children under age 6, 
with minority and low-income communities af-
fected disproportionately; 
(D) costs for asthma due to dampness and 
mold were estimated at $3,500,000,000 in 
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2004, according to the International Journal of 
Environment and Health; 
(E) the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Im-
munology found that about 17,000,000 homes 
have elevated levels of 4 or more allergens, a 
condition that is associated with symptoms 
among residents with allergic asthma; 
(F) the Environmental Protection Agency 
found that more than 6,800,000 housing units 
have radon exposures above the current Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency radon action level; 
and 
(G) the National Institutes of Health esti-
mates that radon exposures result in 21,000 
radon-induced lung cancer deaths per year, 
which cost $2,300,000,000 per year. 
(2) The Federal Government must continue its 
leadership in demonstrating and implementing 
projects that assess and correct health hazards in 
the home environment to support the national goal 
of providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing to 
every family in the United States. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through 
(27) as paragraphs (13) through (29), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 
(10) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—The term ‘eligible 
applicant’ means a State, a unit of general local gov-
ernment, an Indian tribe, or a private nonprofit or-
ganization that meets the requirements of section 
1101(b).’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (11), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(12) HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH HAZARD.— 
The term ‘housing-related health hazard’ means any 
condition of residential real property that poses a 
risk of biological, physical, radiological, or chemical 
exposure that can adversely affect human health.’’. 
SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852) is 
amended— 
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(1) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘GRANTS FOR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD RE-
DUCTION
IN
TARGET
HOUSING’’ and inserting 
‘‘GRANTS
FOR
REDUCTION
OF
LEAD-BASED 
PAINT HAZARDS AND CORRECTION OF OTHER 
HOUSING-RELATED HAZARDS’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D), re-
spectively; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘for grants’’ and in-
serting ‘‘For grants’’; and 
(ii) by striking the semicolon at the 
end and inserting a period; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘for grants’’ and in-
serting ‘‘For grants’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 
a period; 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (B), 
as so redesignated, the following: 
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‘‘(C) For grants made to carry out any of 
paragraphs (1) through (9) or (11) of sub-
section (e), the grants may not be used to assist 
federally assisted housing, federally owned 
housing, or public housing.’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (D), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘notwithstanding paragraphs 
(1) and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding 
subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’; 
(F) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ 
and 
all 
that 
follows 
through 
‘‘criteria—’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to provide grants to eligible applicants to 
evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards and to 
identify and correct other housing-related health 
hazards in accordance with the provisions of this 
section. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary may make a 
grant under this section only to provide housing that 
meets the following criteria:’’; and 
(G) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) INCOME VERIFICATION.—For the purpose 
of verifying the income level of a family under sub-
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