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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1366 
To require the Department of Housing and Urban Development to conduct 
an annual risk assessment of properties receiving tenant-based or project- 
based rental assistance for lead-based hazards, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2023 
Mr. RUTHERFORD (for himself and Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to conduct an annual risk assessment of properties 
receiving tenant-based or project-based rental assistance 
for lead-based 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 ‘‘Keep Children and 
Families Safe from Lead Hazards Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. LEAD-BASED PAINT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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(1) the term ‘‘covered housing’’ means a dwell-
ing unit receiving project-based rental assistance or 
tenant-based rental assistance under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f); and 
(2) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development. 
(b) ANNUAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and every year thereafter, the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs of the De-
partment, in collaboration with the Office of Lead Hazard 
Control and Healthy Homes of the Department, shall— 
(1) conduct a risk assessment of covered hous-
ing to identify properties with the greatest risk of 
exposing children under the age of 6 years old to 
lead hazards, including lead-based paint and lead 
service lines; 
(2) develop an action plan relating to remedi-
ation, control, and safeguards to address lead haz-
ards, including lead-based paint and lead-service 
lines, in covered housing identified in the risk as-
sessment conducted under paragraph (1), with pri-
ority given to those properties with children under 
the age of 6 years old; and 
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(3) submit to Congress a report on properties 
with covered housing that have lead-based paint or 
lead service lines, including the number of children 
under the age of 6 years old living at these prop-
erties. 
(c) UNIFORM PHYSICAL CONDITION STANDARD IN-
SPECTIONS.—In conducting uniform physical condition in-
spections in accordance with part 5 of title 24, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, the Sec-
retary shall include lead-based paint and lead service lines 
in the graded scoring as an exigent health and safety defi-
ciency to ensure that— 
(1) lead-based paint and lead service lines are 
tracked at each applicable property; and 
(2) the owners of those properties are held ac-
countable for remediating deficiencies. 
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