Sec. 1003. PURPOSES
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## SEC. 1003 PURPOSES **[**[42 U.S.C. 4851a](/us/usc/t42/s4851a)**]** The purposes of this Act are— ####
(1)to develop a national strategy to build the infrastructure necessary to eliminate lead-based paint hazards in all housing as expeditiously as possible; ####
(2)to reorient the national approach to the presence of lead-based paint in housing to implement, on a priority basis, a broad program to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards 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 hazard evaluation and reduction and by ending the current confusion over reasonable standards of care; ####
(4)to ensure that the existence of lead-based paint hazards is taken into account in the development of Government housing policies and in the sale, rental, and renovation of homes and apartments; ####
(5)to mobilize national resources expeditiously, through a partnership among all levels of government and the private sector, to develop the most promising, cost-effective methods for evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards; ####
(6)to reduce the threat of childhood lead poisoning in housing owned, assisted, or transferred by the Federal Government; and ####
(7)to educate the public concerning the hazards and sources of lead-based paint poisoning and steps to reduce and eliminate such hazards.
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