GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2026

The purposes of this Act are as follows:

(1) to develop a national strategy to build the infrastructure necessary to eliminate lead-based pipe and tap hazards in housing;

(2) to reorient the national approach to the presence of lead-based pipe and taps in public and private homes to implement, on a priority basis, a program to evaluate and reduce lead-based pipe hazards in the Nation’s building stock;

(3) to encourage effective action to prevent childhood lead poisoning by establishing a workable framework for lead-based pipe and tap hazard evaluation and reduction and by ending the current confusion over reasonable standards of care;

(4) to ensure and implement the definitions of lead hazards in section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–6) and ensure that the existence of lead-based pipe and taps hazards is taken into account in the development of Federal 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 pipe and tap 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 pipes and taps poisoning and steps to reduce and eliminate such hazards.