,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #egg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #a1 #bjbc,mr4
 ,rubio 7for himself and ,mr4 ,warnock7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
the ,department of ,housing and ,urban  
,development to conduct an annual risk  
assessment of properties receiving      
tenant-based or project-based rental    
assistance for lead-based hazards1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,keep    
,children and ,families ,safe from ,lead
 ,hazards ,act of #bjbc4  #b4           
,lead-based paint  7a7 ,definitions ,in 
this section-- 7#a7 the term covered    
housing means a dwelling unit receiving 
project-based rental assistance or      
tenant-based rental assistance under    
section #h of the ,united ,states       
,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#adcg;f72 and  7#b7 the term ,department

 means the ,department of ,housing and  
,urban ,development4  7b7 ,annual risk  
assessment and report ,not later than #a
 year after the date of enactment of    
this ,act1 and every year thereafter1   
the ,deputy ,assistant ,secretary for   
the ,office of ,multifamily ,housing    
,programs of the ,department1 in        
collaboration with the ,office of ,lead 
,hazard ,control and ,healthy ,homes of 
the ,department1 shall-- 7#a7 conduct a 
risk assessment of covered housing to   
identify properties with the greatest   
risk of exposing children under the age 
of #f years old to lead hazards1        
including lead-based paint and lead     
service lines2  7#b7 develop an action  
plan relating to remediation1 control1  
and safeguards to address lead hazards1 
including lead-based paint and          
lead-service lines1 in covered housing  
identified in the risk assessment       
conducted under paragraph 7#a71 with    
priority given to those properties with 
children under the age of #f years old2 

and  7#c7 submit to ,congress a report  
on properties with covered housing that 
have lead-based paint or lead service   
lines1 including the number of children 
under the age of #f years old living at 
these properties4  7c7 ,uniform physical
 condition standard inspections ,in     
conducting uniform physical condition   
inspections in accordance with part #e  
of title #bd1 ,code of ,federal         
,regulations1 or any successor          
regulation1 the ,secretary shall include
 lead-based paint and lead service lines
 in the graded scoring as an exigent    
health and safety deficiency to ensure  
that-- 7#a7 lead-based paint and lead   
service lines are tracked at each       
applicable property2 and  7#b7 the      
owners of those properties are held     
accountable for remediating             
deficiencies4