HR 2243 · 93th Congress · Health
A bill to amend the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Act.
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.(1973-01-18)
Plain Language Summary
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Authorizes grants and contracts, under the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, to private nonprofit organizations in any State. Increases the Federal share to 90 percent of the cost of lead-based paint poisoning prevention projects under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to State agencies for the purpose of establishing centralized laboratory facilities for analyzing biological and environmental lead specimens obtained from local lead-based paint poisoning detection programs. Provides that no grant may be made under the Act for a program for the detection and prevention of lead-based paint poisoning unless the Secretary determines that there is satisfactory assurance that the services to be provided will constitute an addition to, or a significant improvement in quality in, services that would otherwise be provided, and Federal funds made available for such programs for any period will be so used as to supplement, and, to the extent practical, increase the level of State, local, and other non-Federal funds that would in the absence of such Federal funds be made available for such programs, and will in no event supplant such S…
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