Bill Text: NJ ACR153 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges President and Congress to enact "Lead-Free Future Act of 2019."
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-29 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee [ACR153 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-ACR153-Introduced.html
ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 153
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED JUNE 29, 2022
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Urges President and Congress to enact "Lead-Free Future Act of 2019."
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Concurrent Resolution urging the President and Congress of the United States to enact the "Lead-Free Future Act of 2019."
Whereas, Lead negatively impacts thousands of American children each year and is a preventable occurrence; and
Whereas, Lead exposure is associated with health problems, poor academic performance, behavioral health problems, and can occur through exposure to air, drinking water, food, contaminated soil, and paint; and
Whereas, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared that there is no safe level of lead, as even low-level exposure can have a long-term, negative impact on children; and
Whereas, The American Academy of Pediatrics has described lead exposure as "a causal risk factor for diminished intellectual and academic abilities, higher rates of neurobehavioral disorders such as hyperactivity and attention deficits, and lower birth weight in children"; and
Whereas, The CDC has found that roughly 23 million housing units, with most units built prior to 1960, have one or more lead-based paint hazards, where young children under age six are endangered by chipping or peeling lead paint or excessive amounts of lead-contaminated dust; and
Whereas, According to the CDC, there were over 88,000 new cases of lead poisoning in the United States in 2016; and
Whereas, Historically, the federal government has had a role in correcting home health hazards to support the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary housing for families in the United States; and
Whereas, The "Lead-Free Future Act of 2019," (H.R. 4416), establishes grant programs to invest $12.5 billion in lead screening, education, abatement, and data collection across the United States; requires states to lower their blood lead reference levels at or below the standards set by the CDC; and directs all federal housing and any housing receiving a federal mortgage, federal insurance, or federal mortgage assistance to undergo lead-risk assessments including lead dust wipe testing, drinking water testing, and other lead remediation activities; and
Whereas, The enactment of the "Lead-Free Future Act of 2019" would protect children and families by curbing lead exposure and providing them with cleaner and safer homes; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey (the Senate concurring):
1. The President of the United
States and Congress are urged to enact the "Lead-Free Future Act of 2019" to
protect children and families by curbing lead exposure and providing them with
cleaner and safer homes.
2. Copies of this resolution, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the Clerk of the General Assembly or the Secretary of the Senate to the President of the United States and every member of the New Jersey Congressional delegation.
STATEMENT
This resolution urges the President and Congress to enact the "Lead-Free Future Act of 2019" (act).
Lead negatively impacts thousands of American children each year and is a preventable occurrence. Lead exposure is associated with health problems, poor academic performance, behavioral health problems, and can occur through exposure to air, drinking water, food, contaminated soil, and paint. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that roughly 23 million housing units, with most units built prior to 1960, have one or more lead-based paint hazards, where young children under age six are endangered by chipping or peeling lead paint or excessive amounts of lead-contaminated dust. According to the CDC, there were over 88,000 new cases of lead poisoning in the United States in 2016.
The act establishes grant programs to invest $12.5 billion in lead screening, education, abatement, and data collection across the United States; requires states to lower their blood lead reference levels at or below the standards set by the CDC; and directs all federal housing and any housing receiving a federal mortgage, federal insurance, or federal mortgage assistance to undergo lead-risk assessments including lead dust wipe testing, drinking water testing, and other lead remediation activities.
