H.R. 1366

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1366 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1366

To require the Department of Housing and Urban Development to conduct 
an annual risk assessment of properties receiving tenant-based or 
project-based rental assistance for lead-based hazards, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 3, 2023

Mr. Rutherford (for himself and Mr. Garcia of Illinois) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
Services

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A BILL

To require the Department of Housing and Urban Development to conduct 
an annual risk assessment of properties receiving tenant-based or 
project-based rental assistance for lead-based hazards, 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 ``Keep Children and Families Safe from 
Lead Hazards Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. LEAD-BASED PAINT.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``covered housing'' means a dwelling unit 
receiving project-based rental assistance or tenant-based 
rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); and
(2) the term ``Department'' means the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development.
(b) Annual Risk Assessment and Report.--Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Multifamily Housing 
Programs of the Department, in collaboration with the Office of Lead 
Hazard Control and Healthy Homes of the Department, shall--
(1) conduct a risk assessment of covered housing to 
identify properties with the greatest risk of exposing children 
under the age of 6 years old to lead hazards, including lead-
based paint and lead service lines;
(2) develop an action plan relating to remediation, 
control, and safeguards to address lead hazards, including 
lead-based paint and lead-service lines, in covered housing 
identified in the risk assessment conducted under paragraph 
(1), with priority given to those properties with children 
under the age of 6 years old; and
(3) submit to Congress a report on properties with covered 
housing that have lead-based paint or lead service lines, 
including the number of children under the age of 6 years old 
living at these properties.
(c) Uniform Physical Condition Standard Inspections.--In conducting 
uniform physical condition inspections in accordance with part 5 of 
title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, the 
Secretary shall include lead-based paint and lead service lines in the 
graded scoring as an exigent health and safety deficiency to ensure 
that--
(1) lead-based paint and lead service lines are tracked at 
each applicable property; and
(2) the owners of those properties are held accountable for 
remediating deficiencies.
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