Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The REPLACE Act modernizes federal efforts to reduce lead hazards in homes and drinking water by amending two major laws. The bill expands the Department of Housing and Urban Development's lead-based paint hazard reduction grant program to include water-related lead hazards, workforce development, and local implementation support, while also requiring coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency. For drinking water, the legislation broadens the Environmental Protection Agency's lead service line replacement program to include galvanized pipes that were ever connected downstream of lead lines, and adds technical assistance provisions to help water systems identify and replace these pipes while coordinating with housing lead reduction efforts. The bill prioritizes funding for jurisdictions with elevated childhood lead exposure and older housing stock built before 1978. The legislation includes provisions allowing federal agencies to recapture unspent grant funds and reallocate them to other qualified entities within the same areas, while providing corrective action plans and deadline extensions for struggling grantees, and requires joint EPA and HUD guidance on best practices within one year of enactment.
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