I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5261
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make
grants to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards at public elemen-
tary schools and licensed child day-care facilities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 21, 2000
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. HINCHEY, and Ms. CARSON) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce,
and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to make grants to evaluate and reduce lead-based
paint hazards at public elementary schools and licensed
child day-care facilities.
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 ‘‘School and Day-Care
Lead-Based Paint Reduction Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM OF GRANTS REGARDING LEAD-BASED
PAINT HAZARDS AT PUBLIC ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS AND LICENSED CHILD DAY-CARE
FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) AUTHORITY
FOR
MAKING
GRANTS.—The
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may
make grants to States, units of local government,
and local educational agencies for the purpose of
evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards
at—
(A) public elementary schools; and
(B) child day-care facilities that are li-
censed by the State in which the facilities are
located.
(2) CONSULTATIONS.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary
of Education, the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services.
(b) SELECTION
CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall
make grants under subsection (a) on the basis of the ac-
tivities proposed to be carried out with the grants and on
the basis of the following criteria for approving applica-
tions for the grants:
(1) The extent to which the proposed activities
will reduce the risk of lead poisoning to children at
the eligible facilities involved, with priority given to
facilities that serve significant numbers of children
who are under the age of 6.
(2) The comparative degree of severity and ex-
tent of lead-based paint hazards at the eligible facili-
ties.
(3) The extent to which the facilities and the
applicant for the grant have the fiscal capacity to
carry out the purpose described in subsection (a)
without a grant under such subsection.
(4) The ability of the applicant to provide for
the non-Federal contributions required in subsection
(d).
(5) The ability of the applicant to carry out the
proposed activities.
(6) Such other factors as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate to ensure that the grants are used
effectively and to promote the purpose described in
subsection (a).
(c) AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary
may authorize the expenditure of a grant under subsection
(a) for the following purposes:
(1) To perform risk assessments and lead in-
spections at the eligible facilities involved.
(2) To provide for the interim control of lead-
based paint hazards at such facilities.
(3) To provide for the abatement of such haz-
ards at the facilities.
(4) If the facilities are undergoing renovations
carried out with funds other than the grant, to pro-
vide for the additional cost of reducing such hazards
at the facilities.
(5) To ensure that risk assessments, inspec-
tions, and abatements are carried out by certified
contractors in accordance with section 402 of the
Toxic Substances Control Act. This paragraph may
not be construed as prohibiting personnel who carry
out maintenance or cleaning duties at eligible facili-
ties from performing their normal duties at the fa-
cilities.
(6) To monitor the blood-lead levels of workers
involved in lead hazard reduction activities carried
out pursuant to this section.
(7) To assist in the temporary relocation of the
activities of the facilities while lead hazard reduction
measures are being conducted at the facilities.
(8) To educate the following individuals on the
nature and causes of lead poisoning and on meas-
ures to reduce lead-based paint hazards at the facili-
ties:
(A) School officials, teachers, and students
at the facilities, and parents of the students, in
the case of facilities that are eligible schools.
(B) Supervisors, staff, and children at the
facilities, and parents of the children, in the
case of facilities that are eligible child day-care
facilities.
(C) Personnel who carry out maintenance
duties at the eligible facilities.
(D) Personnel who carry out cleaning du-
ties at the facilities.
(9) After lead-based paint hazard reduction ac-
tivities have been conducted at the facilities, to test
soil, interior surface dust, and the blood-lead levels
of children at the facilities to assure that such activi-
ties do not cause excessive exposure to lead.
(10) To carry out the activities described in this
subsection at facilities that are not currently being
used as eligible facilities but are undergoing renova-
tion in order to be used as such facilities.