Lead-Free Future Act of 2019
Latest action · Oct 2, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 19, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Lead-Free Future Act of 2019
This bill addresses lead-based hazards, and their abatement, in residential properties.
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to award grants to state and local governments and certain nonprofit organizations for the purpose of evaluating and reducing lead-based hazards in residential properties constructed before 1978. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants to state and local governments to monitor blood lead levels in infants, children, and pregnant women and to educate the public on the risks of lead poisoning.
To be eligible to receive funding from these grant programs and others addressing lead poisoning, a state or local government must have a blood lead reference level (i.e., the minimum concentration of lead at which it is recommended that public health actions be taken) at or below the level used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Applicants must also conduct an environmental investigation to identify environmental sources of lead exposure in residential properties and childcare facilities occupied by a child with an elevated blood lead level.
In addition, HUD, the Department of Agriculture, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Department of Veterans Affairs must require alignment with specified federal laws, including those related to lead-risk assessment and lead-hazard remediation, as a condition of eligibility for federal mortgage programs and certain federally supported housing. These agencies must also test and remedy lead hazards in such housing.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 19, 2019 to Sep 4, 2020, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Sep 19, 2019 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Sep 19, 2019 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Sep 19, 2019 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Sep 19, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Sep 19, 2019 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Sep 24, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Oct 11, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Sep 4, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Sep 20, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 19, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 19, 2019Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Blood and blood diseases
- Building construction
- Business records
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Employment and training programs
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental education
- Environmental health
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health information and medical records
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Housing industry and standards
- Landlord and tenant
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Public housing
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Soil pollution
- Water quality
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2019Introduced in House
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