[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2513 Introduced in House (IH)]
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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 purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 14, 2021
Mr. Garcia of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr.
McGovern, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Norton, 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. Velazquez, 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.
Barragan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
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A BILL
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 purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lead Abatement for Families Act of
2021''.
SEC. 2. LEAD ABATEMENT FOR FAMILIES.
(a) Identification of Lead Water Service Lines.--
(1) Review.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development, in consultation with public housing agencies,
owners of other federally assisted housing, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Administration
shall, not later than the expiration of the 24-month period
beginning upon the date of the enactment of this Act, undertake
and complete a review of all public housing projects and all
other federally assisted housing projects to identify any such
projects for which the source of potable water is a lead-based
water service pipe or pipes.
(2) Report.--Upon completion of the review required under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a report to the
Congress setting forth the results of the review and
identifying any projects for which the source of potable water
is a lead-based water service pipe or pipes.
(b) Grant Authority.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may make grants to public
housing agencies and owners of other federally assisted housing
to cover the eligible costs of fully removing and replacing
lead-based water service pipes for housing projects identified
pursuant to the review under subsection (a) or otherwise
identified by the Secretary.
(2) Eligible costs.--Amounts from a grant under this
subsection may be used only for costs of fully removing and
replacing a lead-based water service pipe for a housing
project.
(3) Assurances.--The Secretary shall require each public
housing agency and owner of other federally assisted housing
receiving a grant under this subsection for a housing project
to make such assurances and enter into such agreements as the
Secretary considers necessary to ensure that--
(A) the lead-based water service pipes for the
project that will be fully removed and replaced using
such grant amounts are identified; and
(B) all work to fully remove and replace such pipes
is completed before the expiration of the 24-month
period beginning upon the initial availability to the
agency or owner of such grant amounts.
(4) Limitation on amounts.--The amount of grant under this
subsection with respect to a housing project may not exceed the
estimate of the Secretary of the full cost of removing and
replacing the lead-based water service pipes for the project
identified pursuant to paragraph (3)(A).
(c) Final Report.--Upon the expiration of the 6-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to the Congress a report identifying the housing projects for
which lead-based water service pipes were removed and replaced using
grants under subsection (b) and analyzing the effectiveness of the
program for such grants.
(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
(1) Housing project.--The term ``housing project'' means a
public housing project or a project that is other federally
assisted housing.
(2) Other federally assisted housing.--The term ``other
federally assisted housing'' has the meaning given the term
``federally assisted housing'' in section 683 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13641), except
that such term does not include any public housing project
described in paragraph (2)(A) of such section.
(3) Lead-based water service pipe.--The term ``lead-based
water service pipe'' means, with respect to a housing project,
a pipe or other conduit that--
(A) is used to supply potable water for the housing
project from outside the project; and
(B) does not satisfy the definition of ``lead-
free'' established under section 1417 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-6).
(4) Public housing.--The term ``public housing'' has the
meaning given such term in section 3(b) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
(5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development.
(e) Rules; Guidance.--The Secretary, after consultation with the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Administration, may issue
any interpretative rules or guidance necessary to carry out this
section.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for grants under subsection (b)--
(1) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(2) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.
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