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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 Secre-
taries 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION AND REPORTING RE-
GARDING LEAD-BASED PAINT IN MILITARY 
HOUSING. 
(a) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION AND REPORTING.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each Secretary concerned 
shall submit certification in writing to the Secre-
taries of Defense and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment indicating whether housing under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary concerned is in compliance with 
the requirements respecting lead-based paint, lead- 
based paint activities, and lead-based paint hazards 
described in section 408 of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2688). 
(2) SUBMISSION DATES.—Each Secretary con-
cerned shall submit the certification under para-
graph (1) not later than July 31 of each year begin-
ning in 2019. 
(3) CONTENTS.—Each certification under para-
graph (1) shall state, with regards to the preceding 
calendar year— 
(A) the total number of housing units 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary con-
cerned that were inspected for lead-based paint 
in accordance with the requirements described 
in paragraph (1); 
(B) the total number of housing units that 
were found to contain lead-based paint in the 
course of the inspections described in subpara-
graph (A); 
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(C) any abatement efforts conducted re-
garding housing units described in subpara-
graph (B); and 
(D) the total number of housing units 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary con-
cerned that were not inspected for lead-based 
paint. 
(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than August 31 of 
each year beginning in 2019, the Secretary of Defense 
shall publish (including on a website of the Department 
of Defense) and submit to the Armed Services Committee 
and Appropriations Committee of the House of Represent-
atives and the Armed Services Committee and Appropria-
tions Committee of the Senate a report that discloses— 
(1) each military department that has failed to 
submit a required certification under subsection (a); 
and 
(2) a detailed summary of the data, broken 
down by military department, contained in the cer-
tifications under subsection (a). 
(c) NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTIES.—For each of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2022, each political appointee of a 
military department that has failed to certify compliance 
under subsection (a) may not receive bonus pay, excluding 
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overtime pay, until the Secretary concerned certifies such 
compliance. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ and ‘‘military department’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
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