,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #af1       
#bjag,mr4 ,cartwright 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,cummings1 and ,mr4 ,cicilline7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend section #ajah of the ,residential 
,lead-,based ,paint ,hazard ,reduction  
,act of #aiib to make violators of such 
section liable to residents and invitees
 of target housing for such violations1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,lead ,exposure ,accountability ,during 
,sales ,avoids ,lead ,endangerment ,act 
of #bjag or the ,,lead ,,sale ,act of   
#bjag4  #b4 ,civil liability for        
violations of disclosure requirements   
regarding lead upon transfer of         
residential property  7a7 ,in general   
,paragraph 7#c7 of section #ajah7;b7 of 
the ,residential ,lead-,based ,paint    
,hazard ,reduction ,act of #aiib 7#db   

,u4,s4,c4 #dheb;d7b77#c77 is amended by 
inserting 1 or to any resident or       
invitee of the target housing suffering 
damages14  7b7 ,applicability ,the      
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply with respect to violations of such
 section #ajah occurring after ,january 
#a1 #bjah4  #c4 ,subpoena authority for 
lead disclosure rule ,subsection 7a7 of 
section #ajah of the ,residential       
,lead-,based ,paint ,hazard ,reduction  
,act of #aiib 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dheb;d7a77
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following new paragraph3  7#f7          
,authority of secretary  7,a7           
,investigations ,the ,secretary may     
conduct such investigations as may be   
necessary to administer and carry out   
the duties of the ,secretary under this 
subsection4 ,the ,secretary may         
administer oaths and require by subpoena
 the production of documents1 and the   
attendance and testimony of witnesses1  
as the ,secretary considers advisable4  
,this subparagraph may not be construed 

to prevent the ,administrator of the    
,environmental ,protection ,agency from 
exercising authority under the ,toxic   
,substances ,control ,act or this ,act4 
7,b7 ,enforcement ,any district court of
 the ,united ,states within the         
jurisdiction of which an inquiry is     
carried out1 upon application of the    
,attorney ,general1 may1 in the case of 
contumacy1 failure1 or refusal to comply
 with this subsection or to obey a      
subpoena of the ,secretary issued under 
this paragraph1 issue an order requiring
 such compliance therewith4 ,any failure
 to obey such an order of the court may 
be punished by such court as a contempt 
thereof4  4