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[CITE: 42USC4852a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
       CHAPTER 63A--RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION
 
             SUBCHAPTER I--LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION
 
Sec. 4852a. Task force on lead-based paint hazard reduction and 
        financing
        

(a) In general

    The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, shall establish a task force to make 
recommendations on expanding resources and efforts to evaluate and 
reduce lead-based paint hazards in private housing.

(b) Membership

    The task force shall include individuals representing the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, the Farmers Home Administration, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, employee organizations in the building 
and construction trades industry, landlords, tenants, primary lending 
institutions, private mortgage insurers, single-family and multifamily 
real estate interests, nonprofit housing developers, property liability 
insurers, public housing agencies, low-income housing advocacy 
organizations, national, State and local lead-poisoning prevention 
advocates and experts, and community-based organizations located in 
areas with substantial rental housing.

(c) Responsibilities

    The task force shall make recommendations to the Secretary and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency concerning--
        (1) incorporating the need to finance lead-based paint hazard 
    reduction into underwriting standards;
        (2) developing new loan products and procedures for financing 
    lead-based paint hazard evaluation and reduction activities;
        (3) adjusting appraisal guidelines to address lead safety;
        (4) incorporating risk assessments or inspections for lead-based 
    paint as a routine procedure in the origination of new residential 
    mortgages;
        (5) revising guidelines, regulations, and educational pamphlets 
    issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and other 
    Federal agencies relating to lead-based paint poisoning prevention;
        (6) reducing the current uncertainties of liability related to 
    lead-based paint in rental housing by clarifying standards of care 
    for landlords and lenders, and by exploring the ``safe harbor'' 
    concept;
        (7) increasing the availability of liability insurance for 
    owners of rental housing and certified contractors and establishing 
    alternative systems to compensate victims of lead-based paint 
    poisoning; and
        (8) evaluating the utility and appropriateness of requiring risk 
    assessments or inspections and notification to prospective lessees 
    of rental housing.

(d) Compensation

    The members of the task force shall not receive Federal compensation 
for their participation.

(Pub. L. 102-550, title X, Sec. 1015, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3908.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 4852b of this title.
