42 U.S.C. 4801 TITLE I-GRANTS FOR THE DETECTION AND GRANTS FOR LOCAL DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF LEAD- 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 public agencies of units of general local government in any State and to private nonprofit organizations in any State for the purpose of assisting such units in developing and carrying out local programs to detect and treat incidents of leadbased paint poisoning. (b) The amount of any such grant shall not exceed 90 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 children 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 programs 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. (e) The Secretary is also authorized to make grants to State agencies for the purpose of establishing centralized laboratory facilities for analyzing biological and environmental lead specimens obtained from local lead-based paint poisoning detection programs. (130) (f) No grant may be made under this section unless the Secretary determines that there is satisfactory assurance that (A) the services to be provided will constitute an addition to, or a significant improvement in quality (as determined in accordance with criteria of the Secretary) in, services that would otherwise be provided, and (B) Federal funds made available under this section for any period will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the level of State, local, and other non-Federal funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available for the program described in this section, and will in no event supplant such State, local, and other non-Federal funds. 42 U.S.C. 4811 TITLE II-GRANTS FOR THE ELIMINATION SEC. 201. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to make grants to public agencies of units of general local government in any State and to private nonprofit organizations 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 paints on interior surfaces, and then to develop and carry out programs 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 leadbased paints on surfaces of residential housing; (2) the development and carrying out of procedures to remove from exposure to young children all interior surfaces of residential housing, porches, and exterior surfaces of such housing to which children may be commonly exposed, in those areas that present a high risk for the health of residents because of the presence of lead-based paints. Such programs should include those surfaces on which non-leadbased 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 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 pro grams. (c) Any public agency, of a unit of local government or private nonprofit organization which receives assistance under this Act shall make available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, for purposes of audit and examination, any books, documents, papers, and records that are pertinent to the assistance received by such public agency of a unit of local government or private nonprofit organization under this Act. (132) TITLE III-FEDERAL DEMONSTRATION AND FEDERAL DEMONSTRATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAM SEC. 301. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 42 U.S.C. 4821 Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall develop and carry ont 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, including the methods by which the lead based paint hazard can most effectively be removed from interior surfaces, porches, and exterior surfaces of residential housing to which children may be exposed. (b) The Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall conduct appropriate research on multiple layers of dried paint film, containing the various lead compounds commonly used, in order to ascertain the safe level of lead in residential paint products. No later than December 31, 1974, the Chairman shall submit to Congress a full and complete report of his findings and recommendations as developed pursuant to such programs, together with a statement of any legislation which should be enacted or any changes in existing law which should be made in order to carry out such recommendations. FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION REQUIREMENTS SEC. 302. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel- 42 U.S.C. 4822 opment (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall establish procedures to eliminate as far as practicable the hazards of lead based paint poisoning with respect to any existing housing which may present such hazards and which is covered by an application for mortgage insurance or housing assistance payments under a program administered by the Secretary. Such procedures shall apply to all such housing constructed prior to 1950 and shall as a minimum provide for (1) appropriate measures to eliminate as far as practicable immediate hazards due to the presence of paint which may contain lead and to which children may be exposed, and (2) assured notification to purchasers and tenants of such housing of the hazards of lead based paint, of the symptoms and treatment of lead based paint poisoning, and of the importance and availability of mainte nance and removal techniques for eliminating such hazards. Such procedures may apply to housing constructed during or after 1950 if the Secretary determines in his discretion, that such housing presents hazards of lead based paint. The Secretary may establish such other procedures as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section. Further, the Secretary shall establish and implement procedures to eliminate the hazards of lead based paint poisoning in all federally owned properties prior to the sale of such properties when their use is intended for residential habitation. |