Lead Abatement for Families Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2513 To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to public housing agencies and owners of other federally assisted housing to cover the costs of removing and replacing lead-based water service pipes for federally assisted housing projects, and for other pur- poses. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 14, 2021 Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois (for himself, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. NOR- TON, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. JONES, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CARSON, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. RUSH, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. COHEN, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. MENG, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. JACOBS of California, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. SIRES, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. BONAMICI, and Ms. BARRAGA´N) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi- nancial Services A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop- ment to make grants to public housing agencies and owners of other federally assisted housing to cover the costs of removing and replacing lead-based water service pipes for federally assisted housing projects, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 08:48 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2513.IH H2513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2513 IH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lead Abatement for 4 Families Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. LEAD ABATEMENT FOR FAMILIES. 6 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF LEAD WATER SERVICE 7 LINES.— 8 (1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Housing and 9 Urban Development, in consultation with public 10 housing agencies, owners of other federally assisted 11 housing, and the Administrator of the Environ- 12 mental Protection Administration shall, not later 13 than the expiration of the 24-month period begin- 14 ning upon the date of the enactment of this Act, un- 15 dertake and complete a review of all public housing 16 projects and all other federally assisted housing 17 projects to identify any such projects for which the 18 source of potable water is a lead-based water service 19 pipe or pipes. 20 (2) REPORT.—Upon completion of the review 21 required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 22 submit a report to the Congress setting forth the re- 23 sults of the review and identifying any projects for 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 08:48 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2513.IH H2513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2513 IH which the source of potable water is a lead-based 1 water service pipe or pipes. 2 (b) GRANT AUTHORITY.— 3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 4 grants to public housing agencies and owners of 5 other federally assisted housing to cover the eligible 6 costs of fully removing and replacing lead-based 7 water service pipes for housing projects identified 8 pursuant to the review under subsection (a) or oth- 9 erwise identified by the Secretary. 10 (2) ELIGIBLE COSTS.—Amounts from a grant 11 under this subsection may be used only for costs of 12 fully removing and replacing a lead-based water 13 service pipe for a housing project. 14 (3) ASSURANCES.—The Secretary shall require 15 each public housing agency and owner of other fed- 16 erally assisted housing receiving a grant under this 17 subsection for a housing project to make such assur- 18 ances and enter into such agreements as the Sec- 19 retary considers necessary to ensure that— 20 (A) the lead-based water service pipes for 21 the project that will be fully removed and re- 22 placed using such grant amounts are identified; 23 and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 08:48 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2513.IH H2513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2513 IH (B) all work to fully remove and replace 1 such pipes is completed before the expiration of 2 the 24-month period beginning upon the initial 3 availability to the agency or owner of such 4 grant amounts. 5 (4) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS.—The amount of 6 grant under this subsection with respect to a hous- 7 ing project may not exceed the estimate of the Sec- 8 retary of the full cost of removing and replacing the 9 lead-based water service pipes for the project identi- 10 fied pursuant to paragraph (3)(A). 11 (c) FINAL REPORT.—Upon the expiration of the 6- 12 year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 13 Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report 14 identifying the housing projects for which lead-based 15 water service pipes were removed and replaced using 16 grants under subsection (b) and analyzing the effective- 17 ness of the program for such grants. 18 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 19 following definitions shall apply: 20 (1) HOUSING PROJECT.—The term ‘‘housing 21 project’’ means a public housing project or a project 22 that is other federally assisted housing. 23 (2) OTHER FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.— 24 The term ‘‘other federally assisted housing’’ has the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 08:48 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2513.IH H2513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 2513 IH meaning given the term ‘‘federally assisted housing’’ 1 in section 683 of the Housing and Community De- 2 velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13641), except 3 that such term does not include any public housing 4 project described in paragraph (2)(A) of such sec- 5 tion. 6 (3) LEAD-BASED WATER SERVICE PIPE.—The 7 term ‘‘lead-based water service pipe’’ means, with re- 8 spect to a housing project, a pipe or other conduit 9 that— 10 (A) is used to supply potable water for the 11 housing project from outside the project; and 12 (B) does not satisfy the definition of ‘‘lead- 13 free’’ established under section 1417 of the Safe 14 Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–6). 15 (4) PUBLIC HOUSING.—The term ‘‘public hous- 16 ing’’ has the meaning given such term in section 17 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 18 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 19 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 20 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 21 (e) RULES; GUIDANCE.—The Secretary, after con- 22 sultation with the Administrator of the Environmental 23 Protection Administration, may issue any interpretative 24 rules or guidance necessary to carry out this section. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 08:48 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2513.IH H2513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 2513 IH (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 1 authorized to be appropriated for grants under subsection 2 (b)— 3 (1) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 4 (2) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 5 (3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 08:48 May 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2513.IH H2513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS