42 U.S.C. § 4851 — Findings

Page 6235 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 4851a provisions of this chapter or regulations issued pursuant to this chapter. Any law, regulation, or ordinance purporting to establish such dif- ferent requirement, prohibition, or standard shall be null and void. (Pub. L. 91–695, title V, § 504, formerly § 506, as added Pub. L. 93–151, § 7(e), Nov. 9, 1973, 87 Stat. 568; renumbered § 504, Pub. L. 95–626, title II, § 208(b), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3588.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 504 of Pub. L. 91–695 was classified to section 4844 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–626. CHAPTER 63A—RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION Sec. 4851. Findings. 4851a. Purposes. 4851b. Definitions. SUBCHAPTER I—LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION 4852. Grants for lead-based paint hazard reduction in target housing. 4852a. Task force on lead-based paint hazard reduc- tion and financing. 4852b. National consultation on lead-based paint hazard reduction. 4852c. Guidelines for lead-based paint hazard evalua- tion and reduction activities. 4852d. Disclosure of information concerning lead upon transfer of residential property. SUBCHAPTER II—WORKER PROTECTION 4853. Worker protection. 4853a. Coordination between Environmental Protec- tion Agency and Department of Labor. SUBCHAPTER III—RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PART 1—HUD RESEARCH 4854. Research on lead exposure from other sources. 4854a. Testing technologies. 4854b. Authorization. PART 2—GAO REPORT 4855. Federal implementation and insurance study. SUBCHAPTER IV—REPORTS 4856. Reports of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. § 4851. Findings The Congress finds that— (1) low-level lead poisoning is widespread among American children, afflicting as many as 3,000,000 children under age 6, with minority and low-income communities disproportion- ately affected; (2) at low levels, lead poisoning in children causes intelligence quotient deficiencies, read- ing and learning disabilities, impaired hear- ing, reduced attention span, hyperactivity, and behavior problems; (3) pre-1980 American housing stock contains more than 3,000,000 tons of lead in the form of lead-based paint, with the vast majority of homes built before 1950 containing substantial amounts of lead-based paint; (4) the ingestion of household dust con- taining lead from deteriorating or abraded lead-based paint is the most common cause of lead poisoning in children; (5) the health and development of children living in as many as 3,800,000 American homes is endangered by chipping or peeling lead paint, or excessive amounts of lead-contami- nated dust in their homes; (6) the danger posed by lead-based paint haz- ards can be reduced by abating lead-based paint or by taking interim measures to pre- vent paint deterioration and limit children’s exposure to lead dust and chips; (7) despite the enactment of laws in the early 1970’s requiring the Federal Government to eliminate as far as practicable lead-based paint hazards in federally owned, assisted, and insured housing, the Federal response to this national crisis remains severely limited; and (8) the Federal Government must take a leadership role in building the infrastructure— including an informed public, State and local delivery systems, certified inspectors, contrac- tors, and laboratories, trained workers, and available financing and insurance—necessary to ensure that the national goal of eliminating lead-based paint hazards in housing can be achieved as expeditiously as possible. (Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1002, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3897.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1001, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3897, provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting this chapter and sections 2681 to 2692 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, amending sections 1437f, 1437aaa–1, 1437aaa–2, 1471, 4822, 5305, 12705, 12742, 12872, 12873, 12892, and 12893 of this title, sections 1703, 1709, and 1715l of Title 12, Banks and Banking, sections 2606, 2610, 2612, 2615, 2616, 2618, and 2619 of Title 15, and section 671 of Title 29, Labor, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 2601 of Title 15] may be cited as the ‘Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992’.’’ § 4851a. Purposes The purposes of this chapter are— (1) to develop a national strategy to build the infrastructure necessary to eliminate lead- based paint hazards in all housing as expedi- tiously as possible; (2) to reorient the national approach to the presence of lead-based paint in housing to im- plement, on a priority basis, a broad program to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint haz- ards in the Nation’s housing stock; (3) to encourage effective action to prevent childhood lead poisoning by establishing a workable framework for lead-based paint haz- ard evaluation and reduction and by ending the current confusion over reasonable stand- ards of care; (4) to ensure that the existence of lead-based paint hazards is taken into account in the de- velopment of Government housing policies and in the sale, rental, and renovation of homes and apartments; (5) to mobilize national resources expedi- tiously, through a partnership among all lev-