TABLE 1—

Federal Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs

Agency	Program and Duties
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)	Lead Hazard Control Grant Program, enforcement of Federal Lead Paint Disclosure Rule (with EPA and DOJ) and Federally-Assisted Housing Lead Paint Regulations, National Survey of Lead Paint in Housing, Lead Hotline (with EPA), Internet listing of lead paint professionals, public education and training of housing professionals and providers and others, technical assistance, research.
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Blood Lead Screening Grant program, public education to medical and public health professionals and others, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, quality control for laboratories analyzing blood lead specimens, research.
Health Care Financing Administrationa	Covers and reimburses for lead screening and diagnosis, lead poisoning treatment, and follow-up services for Medicaid-eligible children.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Conducts and supports laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological research on the reproductive, neurobiological, developmental, and behavioral processes including lead poisoning–related research.
Health Resources and Services Administration	Directs national health programs to assure quality health care to under-served, vulnerable, and special need populations including children with lead poisoning.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry	Undertakes the study of blood lead in populations near Superfund sites and funds state health agencies to undertake this type of work.
Food and Drug Administration	Enforces standards for lead in ceramic dinnerware; monitors lead in food.
National Institutes of Health	Basic research on lead toxicity.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	Authorizes states to license lead paint professionals; environmental laboratory accreditation; enforcement of Disclosure Rule (with HUD and DOJ) and Pre-Renovation Notification Rule; Hazardous Waste Regulation; public education to parents, environmental professionals, and others; training curriculum design; Lead Hotline (with HUD); research; addresses lead contamination at industrial waste sites including drinking water and industrial air emissions.
Department of Justice (DOJ)	Enforces Disclosure Rule (with HUD and EPA), defends federal lead paint regulations, enforces pollution statutes including hazardous waste laws.
Consumer Product Safety Commission	Enforces ban of lead paint; investigates and prevents the use of lead paint in consumer products; initiates recalls of products containing lead that present a hazard; conducts dockside surveillance and intercepts imported products that present a risk of lead poisoning; recommends elimination of lead from consumer products through guidance policy on lead.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration	Worker protection regulations.
Department of the Treasury	Evaluates financial incentives (such as tax credits) for lead hazard control.
Department of Energy	Conducts weatherization activities in a lead-safe manner.
Department of Defense	Administers lead-based paint/lead hazard management programs in 250 000 family housing and child-occupied facilities worldwide, administers childhood lead poisoning prevention programs on installations worldwide, administers research and development programs to develop new cost-effective technologies for lead paint management and abatement, partner with other federal agencies to develop policies and guidance for lead hazard management on a national level.

Source. Reference 14.

^aHealth Care Financing Administration is now Medicare and Medicaid Services.