{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-4851a","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 4851a","heading":"Purposes","body":"The purposes of this chapter 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.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 63A—RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"5da84ce899ffd24f27cbfa4ed7164af76b200787e84f62cf1515b63e154e2546","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-4851","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-4851b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}