Housing and Community Development Act of 1992/Title X/Subtitle C

SUBTITLE C -- WORKER PROTECTION

SEC. 1031. WORKER PROTECTION.

Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall issue an interim final regulation regulating occupational exposure to lead in the construction industry. Such interim final regulation shall provide employment and places of employment to employees which are as safe and healthful as those which would prevail under the Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines published at Federal Register 55, page 38973 (September 28, 1990) (Revised Chapter 8). Such interim final regulations shall take effect upon issuance (except that such regulations may include a reasonable delay in the effective date), shall have the legal effect of an Occupational Safety and Health Standard, and shall apply until a final standard becomes effective under section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

SEC. 1032. COORDINATION BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

The Secretary of Labor, in promulgating regulations under section 1031, shall consult and coordinate with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of achieving the maximum enforcement of title IV of the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 while imposing the least burdens of duplicative requirements on those subject to such title and Act and for other purposes.

SEC. 1033. NIOSH RESPONSIBILITIES. Section 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:

"(g) Lead-Based Paint Activities. --

    "(1) Training grant program.
         "(A) The Institute, in conjunction with the

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may make grants for the training and education of workers and supervisors who are or may be directly engaged in lead-based paint activities.

         "(B) Grants referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be

awarded to nonprofit organizations (including colleges and universities, joint labor-management trust funds, States, and nonprofit government employee organizations) --

              "(i) which are engaged in the training and

education of workers and supervisors who are or who may be directly engaged in lead-based paint activities (as defined in title IV of the Toxic Substances Control Act),

              "(ii) which have demonstrated experience in

implementing and operating health and safety training and education programs, and

              "(iii) with a demonstrated ability to reach, and

involve in lead-based paint training programs, target populations of individuals who are or will be engaged in lead-based paint activities.

         Grants under this subsection shall be awarded only to

those organizations that fund at least 30 percent of their lead-based paint activities training programs from non-Federal sources, excluding in-kind contributions. Grants may also be made to local governments to carry out such training and education for their employees.

         "(C) There are authorized to be appropriated, at a

minimum, $ 10,000,000 to the Institute for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1997 to make grants under this paragraph.

    "(2) Evaluation of programs. The Institute shall conduct

periodic and comprehensive assessments of the efficacy of the worker and supervisor training programs developed and offered by those receiving grants under this section. The Director shall prepare reports on the results of these assessments addressed to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to include recommendations as may be appropriate for the revision of these programs. The sum of $ 500,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the Institute for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1997 to carry out this paragraph."