Lead Abatement for Families Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.2513 | Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" (D-IL)
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
Lead Abatement for Families Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to identify federally assisted housing projects that use lead-based water pipes and allows HUD to award grants for the replacement of these pipes to public housing agencies and other owners.

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 purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 Environmental Protection Administration 
        shall, not later than the expiration of the 24-month period 
        beginning upon the date of the enactment of this Act, undertake 
        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 results of the review and 
        identifying any projects for 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 otherwise 
        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 federally assisted housing 
        receiving a grant under this subsection for a housing project 
        to make such assurances and enter into such agreements as the 
        Secretary considers necessary to ensure that--
                    (A) the lead-based water service pipes for the 
                project that will be fully removed and replaced using 
                such grant amounts are identified; and
                    (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 housing project may not exceed the 
        estimate of the Secretary of the full cost of removing and 
        replacing the lead-based water service pipes for the project 
        identified 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 effectiveness 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 meaning given the term 
        ``federally assisted housing'' in section 683 of the Housing 
        and Community Development 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 section.
            (3) Lead-based water service pipe.--The term ``lead-based 
        water service pipe'' means, with respect 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 housing'' 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 consultation with the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Administration, may issue 
any interpretative rules or guidance necessary to carry out this 
section.
    (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.
                                 <all>