REPLACE Act
Sponsored By: Representative Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create an integrated approach to remove lead hazards from homes and drinking water. It shifts federal lead programs to pair housing lead work with water projects and builds local implementation capacity.
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- Families and tenants: Would fund clearance and post-remediation testing, repairs and housing preservation, require evaluating water-related lead hazards in service lines and plumbing, and authorize interim protections like NSF/ANSI-certified point-of-use filters or faucet replacements until remediation is complete.
- Local grantees and owners: Would broaden eligible grant activities to include inspection support, rental registry integration, permitting, data modernization, workforce and contractor training, technical assistance, and new reporting on households served and dwellings cleared for reoccupancy.
- Water systems and homeowners: Would redefine "covered service line" to include certain galvanized lines, require inventories and coordinated replacement of public and private portions, and authorize technical and implementation support aligned with EPA programs.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More help to fix lead in homes
If enacted, the bill would let HUD grant programs pay for more lead-hazard work in homes. Grants could cover clearance exams, post-remediation testing, repairs, rehabilitation, and housing preservation. HUD could give technical help, workforce training, and let grantees use corrective-action plans and limited deadline extensions before money is recaptured. Grantees would report households served, how many were temporarily relocated, and dwellings cleared, and HUD and EPA would issue joint guidance within one year.
More help to find and replace pipes
If enacted, the bill would redefine some galvanized pipes as 'covered service lines' so more lines become eligible for replacement. The EPA would be able to give technical help and funding to inventory covered lines, plan projects, handle customer outreach and consent, and coordinate full replacement of public and private pipe parts. Grantmakers could also give extra priority to areas with elevated childhood lead exposure or many homes built before 1978.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
OH • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/22/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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