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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2513 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make 
grants to public housing agencies and owners of other federally assisted 
housing to cover the costs of removing and replacing lead-based water 
service pipes for federally assisted housing projects, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2021 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois (for himself, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. NOR-
TON, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. JONES, Ms. NEWMAN, 
Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. DANNY K. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CARSON, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 
SEWELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. RUSH, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. 
MENG, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. 
JACOBS of California, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 
AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. BONAMICI, and Ms. BARRAGA´N) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to make grants to public housing agencies and 
owners of other federally assisted housing to cover the 
costs of removing and replacing lead-based water service 
pipes for federally assisted housing projects, and for 
other purposes. 
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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 Abatement for 
Families Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. LEAD ABATEMENT FOR FAMILIES. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION
OF LEAD WATER SERVICE 
LINES.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, in consultation with public 
housing agencies, owners of other federally assisted 
housing, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Administration shall, not later 
than the expiration of the 24-month period begin-
ning upon the date of the enactment of this Act, un-
dertake and complete a review of all public housing 
projects and all other federally assisted housing 
projects to identify any such projects for which the 
source of potable water is a lead-based water service 
pipe or pipes. 
(2) REPORT.—Upon completion of the review 
required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Congress setting forth the re-
sults of the review and identifying any projects for 
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which the source of potable water is a lead-based 
water service pipe or pipes. 
(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants to public housing agencies and owners of 
other federally assisted housing to cover the eligible 
costs of fully removing and replacing lead-based 
water service pipes for housing projects identified 
pursuant to the review under subsection (a) or oth-
erwise identified by the Secretary. 
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS.—Amounts from a grant 
under this subsection may be used only for costs of 
fully removing and replacing a lead-based water 
service pipe for a housing project. 
(3) ASSURANCES.—The Secretary shall require 
each public housing agency and owner of other fed-
erally assisted housing receiving a grant under this 
subsection for a housing project to make such assur-
ances and enter into such agreements as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to ensure that— 
(A) the lead-based water service pipes for 
the project that will be fully removed and re-
placed using such grant amounts are identified; 
and 
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(B) all work to fully remove and replace 
such pipes is completed before the expiration of 
the 24-month period beginning upon the initial 
availability to the agency or owner of such 
grant amounts. 
(4) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS.—The amount of 
grant under this subsection with respect to a hous-
ing project may not exceed the estimate of the Sec-
retary of the full cost of removing and replacing the 
lead-based water service pipes for the project identi-
fied pursuant to paragraph (3)(A). 
(c) FINAL REPORT.—Upon the expiration of the 6- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report 
identifying the housing projects for which lead-based 
water service pipes were removed and replaced using 
grants under subsection (b) and analyzing the effective-
ness of the program for such grants. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
(1) HOUSING
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘housing 
project’’ means a public housing project or a project 
that is other federally assisted housing. 
(2) OTHER FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.— 
The term ‘‘other federally assisted housing’’ has the 
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meaning given the term ‘‘federally assisted housing’’ 
in section 683 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13641), except 
that such term does not include any public housing 
project described in paragraph (2)(A) of such sec-
tion. 
(3) LEAD-BASED WATER SERVICE PIPE.—The 
term ‘‘lead-based water service pipe’’ means, with re-
spect to a housing project, a pipe or other conduit 
that— 
(A) is used to supply potable water for the 
housing project from outside the project; and 
(B) does not satisfy the definition of ‘‘lead- 
free’’ established under section 1417 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–6). 
(4) PUBLIC HOUSING.—The term ‘‘public hous-
ing’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) RULES; GUIDANCE.—The Secretary, after con-
sultation with the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Administration, may issue any interpretative 
rules or guidance necessary to carry out this section. 
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(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for grants under subsection 
(b)— 
(1) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(2) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 
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