Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4694
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2016-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: 

Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to promulgate regulations to update the standards for lead-contaminated dust and lead-contaminated soil, in accordance with health-based standards.
 
The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 is amended to define elevated blood lead level as the lower of:
 
 
5 mg/dL (micrograms of lead per deciliter), or
 
the most recent definition for elevated blood lead level or reference range level in children ages 1 through 5 set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 
 
The bill also removes 0-bedroom housing from the definition of target housing.
 
The Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act is amended to direct HUD to promulgate regulations that:
 
 
require an initial lead-based paint hazard risk assessment before a family with a child under age six occupies certain housing, unless lead-based paint has already been removed; and
 
 state that a visual assessment is not sufficient for these purposes.
 
 
These regulations shall apply to housing receiving federal assistance that was constructed before 1978, but exclude:
 
 
single-family housing covered by an application for mortgage insurance from the Federal Housing Administration, or
 
multi-family housing covered by such an application but does not receive any other federal housing assistance.
 
 
HUD regulations shall also require emergency relocation of such families, without placement on a waitlist, penalty, or lapse in assistance, to another unit of covered housing that has no lead-based paint hazards.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on lead hazards in federally assisted housing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-03-03
text: Introduced in House