REPLACE Act

This bill changes two existing federal lead programs. For the federal housing grant program that reduces lead-based paint hazards, it would let grants pay for clearance testing, repairs, local inspection systems, and worker training, and would require grant-funded work to also check homes for lead in water service lines and interior plumbing, with filters provided until any water hazard is fixed. It would require the housing agency to give struggling grantees notice and a chance to follow a corrective action plan before taking back grant money, and to reassign recaptured money within the same area where practicable. For the drinking water lead program, it would expand eligible replacements to include certain galvanized service lines and would call for coordinating pipe replacement with housing lead work where practicable.

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Sponsors

• Shontel M. Brown Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors