42 U.S.C. § 4851a

1. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (6)to reduce the threat of childhood lead poisoning in housing owned, assisted, or transferred by the Federal Government; and
7. (7)to educate the public concerning the hazards and sources of lead-based paint poisoning and steps to reduce and eliminate such hazards.