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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 19, 2016
Title X Amendments Act of 2016
This bill reauthorizes the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 and revises the purpose for grants for lead-based paint hazard reduction in target housing.
Such grants shall be made instead for reduction of lead-based paint hazards and correction of other housing-related hazards, including any condition of residential real property that poses a risk of biological, physical, radiological, or chemical exposure that can adversely affect human health.
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development may establish a process by which, in order to verify a family's income level, a grantee may first obtain and use income and program participation information from an entity administering:
the HOME Investment Partnerships program under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act;
the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966;
reduced price or free lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act;
the weatherization assistance program for low-income persons established under the Energy Conservation and Production Act;
the temporary assistance for needy families program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct);
the supplemental security income program under SSAct title XVI; or
any other program consistent with the family income requirements of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992.
An Indian tribe and a private nonprofit organization shall be eligible to apply for such a grant, in addition to certain state or local governments, for specified activities relating to lead-based paint hazards.
A private nonprofit organization shall also be eligible to apply for a grant to reduce housing-related health hazards.
The bill revises grantee selection criteria for a grant to carry out activities relating to lead-based paint hazards, and prescribes criteria for activities relating to housing-related hazards.
The bill also prescribes an allocation of funds for grants to assess and correct housing-related health hazards and evaluate the effectiveness of such assessments and corrections.
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Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D–RI
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2199)
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