To prohibit the Secretary concerned from discouraging the inspection of military housing for lead-based paint or other sources of lead, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2253 To prohibit the Secretary concerned from discouraging the inspection of military housing for lead-based paint or other sources of lead, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 10, 2019 Mr. KILDEE (for himself and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To prohibit the Secretary concerned from discouraging the inspection of military housing for lead-based paint or other sources of lead, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON DISCOURAGING LEAD IN- 3 SPECTIONS IN MILITARY HOUSING. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned (as such 5 term is defined in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United 6 States Code) may not discourage the inspection of covered 7 housing for lead-based paint or sources of lead. 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2253.IH H2253 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2253 IH (b) TESTING AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary con- 1 cerned may authorize testing for lead in covered housing 2 when such testing is not required by Federal, State or 3 local regulations or laws. 4 (c) COVERED HOUSING.—In this section, the term 5 ‘‘covered housing’’ means military owned and government 6 controlled family housing and privately leased or rented 7 housing. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2253.IH H2253 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS