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H.R. 3085, The Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2007

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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H.R. 3085 would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to assess and reduce the levels of lead found in child-occupied facilities in the United States.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inLead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to editestablish a Select Group on Lead Exposure. Requires the wikiGroup to: (1) conduct a study of state, tribal, and local programs to protect children from exposure to lead at child-occupied facilities constructed before January 1, 1978; (2) develop baseline standards such programs must meet to receive a grant under this Act; and (3) develop a model program to protect children from exposure to lead at such facilities that can be adopted by state, local, and tribal governments.

Requires
the firstmodel program to meet or exceed standards that require facilities to be notified as soon as practicable after a child is diagnosed with lead poisoning and to be tested for the presence of lead upon receiving such notification.

Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a program
to provide grants to assist such facilities in carrying out activities to protect children from lead exposure; (2) promulgate regulations requiring such facilities to test applicable exposure pathways for lead, prohibiting states and Indian tribes from issuing a detailed summarylicense to such facilities until the testing is complete and the exposure to lead is eliminated, and requiring all child-occupied facilities to eliminate the risk of exposure to lead through applicable exposure pathways; and (3) apply regulations governing lead-based paint activities to contractors and workers engaged in the bill!)renovation, remodeling, or painting of such facilitates and to establish a program to provide information and training about those activities to them.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 7/18/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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