LEAD-BASED PAINT POISONING PREVENTION ACT [PUBLIC LAW 91-695, JANUARY 13, 1971] 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- Lead-Based tives of the United States of America in Congress as- ing Prevention sembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act". (795) Act. Limitation. Employment opportunities. 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 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 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. TITLE II-GRANTS FOR THE 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 paints on interior surfaces, and then to develop and carry out programs to eliminate the hazards of leadbased 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 a comprehensive program requiring the prompt elimination of lead-based paints from all interior surfaces, porches, and exterior surfaces to which children may be commonly exposed, of residential housing on which lead-based paints have been used as a surface covering, including those surfaces on which nonlead-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, oppor- Employment tunities for employing the residents of communities opportunities. 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. (797) Report to Congress. TITLE III-FEDERAL 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 children may be commonly exposed, of residential housing. Within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary shall 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. |