An Act to provide Federal financial assistance to help cities and communities to develop and carry out intensive local programs to eliminate the causes of lead-based paint poisoning and local programs to detect and treat incidents of such poisoning, to establish a Federal demonstration and research program to study the extent of the lead-based paint poisoning problem and the methods available for lead-based paint removal, and to prohibit future use of lead-based paint in Federal or federally assisted construction or rehabilitation
PL 91-695 (H.R.19172), enacted 01/13/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 91-695-JAN. 13, 1971 
[84 STAT. 
January 13, 1971 
[H. R.19172] 
Lead-Based 
Paint Poisoning 
Prevention Act. 
Public Law 91-695 
AN ACT 
To provide Federal financial assistance to help cities and communities to develop 
and carry out intensive local programs to eliminate the causes of lead-based 
paint poisoning and local programs to detect and treat incidents of such poison-
ing, to establish a Federal demonstration and research program to study the 
extent of the lead-based paint poisoning problem and the methods available 
for lead-based paint removal, and to prohibit future use of lead-based paint 
in Federal or federally assisted construction or rehabilitation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Rejjresentatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserrhbled^ That this Act may be 
cited as the "Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act". 
TITLE I—GRANTS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREAT-
MENT OF LEAD-BASED PAINT POISONING 
Limitation. 
Employment 
opportunities. 
GRANTS FOR LOCAL DETECTION XND TREATMENT OF LEAD-BASED PAINT 
POISONING 
SEC. 101. (a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 
(hereafter referred to in this title as the "Secretary") is authorized to 
make grants to units of general local government in any State for 
the purpose of assisting such units in developing and carrying out local 
programs to detect and treat incidents of lead-based paint poisoning. 
(b) The amount of any such grant shall not exceed 75 per centum 
of the cost of developing and carrying out a local program, as 
approved by the Secretary, during a period of three years. 
(c) A local program should include— 
(1) educational programs intended to communicate the health 
danger and prevalence of lead-based paint poisoning among chil-
dren of inner city areas, to parents, educators, and local health 
officials; 
(2) development and carrying out of intensive community 
testing programs designed to detect incidents of lead-based paint 
poisoning among community residents, and to insure prompt 
medical treatment for such afflicted individuals; 
(3) development and carrying out of intensive followup pro-
grams to insure that identified cases of lead-based paint poisoning 
are protected against further exposure to lead-based paints in 
their living environment; and 
(4) any other actions which will reduce or eliminate lead-based 
paint poisoning. 
(d) Each local program shall afford opportunities for employing 
the residents of communities or neighborhoods affected by lead-based 
paint poisoning, and for providing appropriate training, education, 
and any information which may be necessary to inform such residents 
of opportunities for employment in lead-based paint poisoning 
elimination programs. 
TITLE II—GRANTS FOR T H E ELIMINATION OF 
LEAD-BASED PAINT POISONING 
SEC. 201. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is 
authorized to make grants to units of general local government in 
any State for the purpose of assisting such units in developing and 
carrying out programs that identify those areas that present a high 
risk to the health of residents because of the presence of lead-based 
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paints on interior surfaces, and then to develop and carry out pro-
grams to eliminate the hazards of lead-based paint poisoning. 
(a) A local program should include: 
(1) development and carrying out of comprehensive testing 
programs to detect the presence of lead-based paints on surfaces 
of residential housing ; 
(2) the development and carrying out of a comprehensive pro-
gram requiring the prompt elimination of lead-based paints from 
all interior surfaces, porches, and exterior surfaces to which chil-
dren may be commonly exposed, of residential housing on which 
lead-based paints have been used as a surface covering, including 
those surfaces on which non-lead-based paints have been used to 
cover surfaces to which lead-based paints were previously applied; 
and 
(3) any other actions which will reduce or eliminate lead-based 
paint poisoning. 
(b) Each such program shall— 
(1) be consistent with the appropriate local program assisted 
under section 101, and 
(2) afford, to the maximum extent feasible, opportunities for ^ ^^^rtu^^^es' 
employing the residents of communities or neighborhoods affected 
by lead-based paint poisoning, and for providing appropriate 
training, education, and any information which may be necessary 
to inform such residents of opportunities for employment in lead-
based paint elimination programs. 
TITLE III—FEDEEAL DEMONSTRATION AND 
RESEARCH PROGRAM 
FEDERAL DEMONSTRATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAM 
SEC. 301. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 
shall develop and carry out a demonstration and research program 
to determine the nature and extent of the problem of lead-based paint 
poisoning in the United States, particularly in urban areas, and the 
methods by which lead-based paint can most effectively be removed 
from interior surfaces, porches, and exterior surfaces to which chil-
dren may be commonly exposed, of residential housing. Within one c^if^elV" 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary shall 
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submit to the Congress a full and complete report of his findings and 
recommendations as developed pursuant to such program, together with 
a statement of any legislation which should be enacted, and any changes 
in existing law which should be made, in order to carry out such 
recommendations. 
TITLE IV—PROHIBITION AGAINST FUTURE USE 
OF LEAD-BASED PAINT 
PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF LEAD-BASED PAINT I N 
FUTURE 
CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION 
SEC. 401. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall 
take such steps and impose such conditions as may be necessary or 
appropriate to prohibit the use of lead-based paint in residential 
structures constructed or rehabilitated after the date of enactment 
of this Act by the Federal government, or with Federal assistance 
in any form. 
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T I T L E V—GENEEAL 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 501. As used in this Act— 
(1) the term "State" means the several States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Eico, and the territories 
and possessions of the United States; 
(2) the term "units of general local government" means (A) 
any city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other 
general purpose political subdivision of a State, (B) any com-
bination of units of general local government in one or more 
States, (C) an Indian tribe, or (D) with respect to lead-based 
paint poisoning elimination activities in their urban areas, the 
territories and possessions of the United States; and 
(3) the term "lead-based paint" means any paint containing 
more than 1 per centum lead by weight (calculated as lead metal) 
in the total non-volatile content of liquid paints or in the dried 
film of paint already applied. 
CONSUIVPATION W I T H OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 
SEC. 502. In carrying out the authority under this Act, the Secretary 
of Health, Education, and Welfare shall cooperate with and seek the 
advice of the heads of any other departments or agencies regarding any 
programs under their respective responsibilities which are related to, 
or would be affected by, such authority. 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 503. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out the provisions of title I of this Act not to exceed $3,330,000 for the 
fiscal year 1971 and $6,660,000 for the fiscal year 1972. 
(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
provisions of title I I of this Act not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal 
year 1971 and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1972. 
(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
provisions of title I I I of this Act not to exceed $1,670,000 for the fiscal 
year 1971 and $3,340,000 for the fiscal year 1972. 
(d) Any amounts appropriated under this section shall remain 
available until expended when so provided in appropriation Acts; and 
any amounts authorized for the fiscal year 1971 but not appropriated 
may be appropriated for the fiscal year 1972. 
Approved January 13, 1971.