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| Public Law 91-695 | Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act. |
| Sec. 101 | Limitation. |
| Sec. 101 | Employment opportunities. |
| Sec. 201 | 2079 |
| Sec. 201 | Employment opportunities. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act".
(a) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereafter referred to in this title as the "secretary") is authorized to make grants to units of general local government in any State for the purpose of assisting such units in developing and carrying out local programs to detect and treat incidents of lead-based paint poisoning.
(b) The amount of any such grant shall not exceed 75 per centum of the cost of developing and carrying out a local program, as approved by the Secretary, during a period of three years.
(c) A local program should include—
(1) educational programs intended to communicate the health danger and prevalence of lead-based paint poisoning among children of inner city areas, to parents, educators, and local health officials;
(2) development and carrying out of intensive community testing programs designed to detect incidents of lead-based paint poisoning among community residents, and to insure prompt medical treatment for such afflicted individuals;
(3) development and carrying out of intensive followup programs to insure that identified cases of lead-based paint poisoning
are protected against further exposure to lead-based paints in their living environment; and
(4) any other actions which will reduce or eliminate lead-based paint poisoning.
(d) Each local program shall afford opportunities for employing the residents of communities or neighborhoods affected by lead-based paint poisoning, and for providing appropriate training, education, and any information which may be necessary to inform such residents of opportunities for employment in lead-based paint poisoning elimination programs.
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare is authorized to make grants to units of general local government in any State for the purpose of assisting such units in developing and carrying out programs that identify those areas that present a high risk to the health of residents because of the presence of lead-based paints on interior surfaces, and then to develop and carry out programs to eliminate the hazards of lead-based paint poisoning.
(a) A local program should include:
(1) development and carrying out of comprehensive testing programs to detect the presence of lead-based paints on surfaces of residential housing;
(2) the development and carrying out of a comprehensive program requiring the prompt elimination of lead-based paints from all interior surfaces, porches, and exterior surfaces to which children may be commonly exposed, of residential housing on which lead-based paints have been used as a surface covering, including those surfaces on which non-lead-based paints have been used to cover surfaces to which lead-based paints were previously applied; and
(3) any other actions which will reduce or eliminate lead-based paint poisoning.
(b) Each such program shall—
(1) be consistent with the appropriate local program assisted under section 101, and
(2) afford, to the maximum extent feasible, opportunities for employing the residents of communities or neighborhoods affected by lead-based paint poisoning, and for providing appropriate training, education, and any information which may be necessary to inform such residents of opportunities for employment in lead-based paint elimination programs.
As used in this Act—
(1) the term "State" means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States;
(2) the term "units of general local government" means (A) any city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State, (B) any combination of units of general local government in one or more States, (C) an Indian tribe, or (D) with respect to lead-based paint poisoning elimination activities in their urban areas, the territories and possessions of the United States; and (3) the term "lead-based paint" means any paint containing
more than 1 per centum lead by weight (calculated as lead metal) in the total non-volatile content of liquid paints or in the dried film of paint already applied.
Approved, January 13, 1971.
