US Congress House Bill 4694 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)
Status: Introduced on March 3 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016 This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to promulgate regulations to update the standards for lead-contaminated dust and lead-contaminated soil, in accordance with health-based standards. The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 is amended to define elevated blood lead level as the lower of: 5 mg/dL (micrograms of lead per deciliter), or the most recent definition for elevated blood lead level or reference range level in children ages 1 through 5 set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The bill also removes 0-bedroom housing from the definition of target housing. The Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act is amended to direct HUD to promulgate regulations that: require an initial lead-based paint hazard risk assessment before a family with a child under age six occupies certain housing, unless lead-based paint has already been removed; and state that a visual assessment is not sufficient for these purposes. These regulations shall apply to housing receiving federal assistance that was constructed before 1978, but exclude: single-family housing covered by an application for mortgage insurance from the Federal Housing Administration, or multi-family housing covered by such an application but does not receive any other federal housing assistance. HUD regulations shall also require emergency relocation of such families, without placement on a waitlist, penalty, or lapse in assistance, to another unit of covered housing that has no lead-based paint hazards. The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress on lead hazards in federally assisted housing.

Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2016

Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
2016-03-03	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2016-03-03	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2016-03-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
2016-03-03	House	Introduced in House

SB2631 (Same As) 2016-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SB2821 (Related) 2016-04-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4694/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4694/BILLS-114hr4694ih.pdf