Sec. 6. Lead hazard inspection, disclosure, and remediation, replacement, and repair in federally supported housing and housing with federally related mortgages
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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall mandate alignment with Federal laws, including those related to lead-risk assessment and lead-hazard remediation, as a condition of eligibility for— any Federal mortgage assistance, any direct Federal mortgage, or any mortgage insurance or guarantee, through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or the Federal Home Loan Banks; or any federally supported housing (as such term is defined in section 7).
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall require the following activities, when appropriate, with respect to any federally supported housing and any housing for which any mortgage, or mortgage assistance, insurance, or guarantee referred to in subsection (a)(1) is provided: Lead-risk assessments including lead dust wipe testing, carried out by professionals with Environmental Protection Agency-required training and certification.
Drinking water testing and identification of lead service line and leaded plumbing fixtures. Testing of soil for lead hazards. Lead remediation or abatement, lead-based paint hazards in accordance with State or municipal health and housing regulations. Replacement of leaded plumbing and lead service line replacement in communities where water utility will or is required to replace the utility-owned portion. Remediation of lead hazards in soil. Disclosure of identified lead hazards to relevant parties including tenants, buyers, sellers, investors, Federal, State, and local housing and health officials as required by law or regulation, and other required parties.
Temporary relocation of families while lead hazard reduction measures are being conducted. Other activities that the agency heads specified in subsection
(a)determine appropriate to promote the purposes of this Act.