To direct the Secretaries of the military departments to submit certification and a report each year to the Secretaries of Defense and Housing and Urban Development regarding whether housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretaries of the military departments is in compliance with requirements relating to lead-based paint.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2255 To direct the Secretaries of the military departments to submit certification and a report each year to the Secretaries of Defense and Housing and Urban Development regarding whether housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretaries of the military departments is in compliance with requirements relating to lead-based paint. 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 direct the Secretaries of the military departments to submit certification and a report each year to the Secre- taries of Defense and Housing and Urban Development regarding whether housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretaries of the military departments is in compliance with requirements relating to lead-based paint. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION AND REPORTING RE- 3 GARDING LEAD-BASED PAINT IN MILITARY 4 HOUSING. 5 (a) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION AND REPORTING.— 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:50 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2255.IH H2255 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2255 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary concerned 1 shall submit certification in writing to the Secre- 2 taries of Defense and Housing and Urban Develop- 3 ment indicating whether housing under the jurisdic- 4 tion of the Secretary concerned is in compliance with 5 the requirements respecting lead-based paint, lead- 6 based paint activities, and lead-based paint hazards 7 described in section 408 of the Toxic Substances 8 Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2688). 9 (2) SUBMISSION DATES.—Each Secretary con- 10 cerned shall submit the certification under para- 11 graph (1) not later than July 31 of each year begin- 12 ning in 2019. 13 (3) CONTENTS.—Each certification under para- 14 graph (1) shall state, with regards to the preceding 15 calendar year— 16 (A) the total number of housing units 17 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary con- 18 cerned that were inspected for lead-based paint 19 in accordance with the requirements described 20 in paragraph (1); 21 (B) the total number of housing units that 22 were found to contain lead-based paint in the 23 course of the inspections described in subpara- 24 graph (A); 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:50 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2255.IH H2255 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2255 IH (C) any abatement efforts conducted re- 1 garding housing units described in subpara- 2 graph (B); and 3 (D) the total number of housing units 4 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary con- 5 cerned that were not inspected for lead-based 6 paint. 7 (b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than August 31 of 8 each year beginning in 2019, the Secretary of Defense 9 shall publish (including on a website of the Department 10 of Defense) and submit to the Armed Services Committee 11 and Appropriations Committee of the House of Represent- 12 atives and the Armed Services Committee and Appropria- 13 tions Committee of the Senate a report that discloses— 14 (1) each military department that has failed to 15 submit a required certification under subsection (a); 16 and 17 (2) a detailed summary of the data, broken 18 down by military department, contained in the cer- 19 tifications under subsection (a). 20 (c) NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTIES.—For each of fiscal 21 years 2019 through 2022, each political appointee of a 22 military department that has failed to certify compliance 23 under subsection (a) may not receive bonus pay, excluding 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:50 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2255.IH H2255 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2255 IH overtime pay, until the Secretary concerned certifies such 1 compliance. 2 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Sec- 3 retary concerned’’ and ‘‘military department’’ have the 4 meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 10, 5 United States Code. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:50 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2255.IH H2255 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS