---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 4856"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "4856"
heading: "Reports of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/4856"
units:
  - "Chapter 63A — Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction"
  - "Subchapter IV — Reports"
---

# §4856. Reports of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

- (a) **Annual report—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=26) shall transmit to the Congress an annual report that—
  - (1) sets forth the [Secretary](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=26)’s assessment of the progress made in implementing the various programs authorized by this chapter;
  - (2) summarizes the most current health and environmental studies on childhood lead poisoning, including studies that analyze the relationship between interim control and [abatement](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=1) activities and the incidence of lead poisoning in resident children;
  - (3) recommends legislative and administrative initiatives that may improve the performance by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in combating lead hazards through the expansion of lead hazard [evaluation](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=6) and [reduction](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=22) activities;
  - (4) describes the results of research carried out in accordance with subchapter III; and
  - (5) estimates the amount of Federal assistance annually expended on lead hazard [evaluation](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=6) and [reduction](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=22) activities.
- (b) **Biennial report—**
  - (1) **In general—** 24 months after October 28, 1992, and at the end of every 24-month period thereafter, the [Secretary](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=26) shall report to the Congress on the progress of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in implementing expanded [lead-based paint hazard](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=15) [evaluation](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=6) and [reduction](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=22) activities.
  - (2) **Contents—** The report shall—
    - (A) assess the effectiveness of [section 4852d of this title](/usc/42/4852d.md) in making the public aware of [lead-based paint hazards](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=15);
    - (B) estimate the extent to which [lead-based paint hazard](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=15) [evaluation](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=6) and [reduction](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=22) activities are being conducted in the various categories of housing;
    - (C) monitor and report expenditures for [lead-based paint hazard](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=15) [evaluation](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=6) and [reduction](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=22) for programs within the jurisdiction of the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
    - (D) identify the infrastructure needed to eliminate [lead-based paint hazards](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=15) in all housing as expeditiously as possible, including cost-effective technology, standards and regulations, trained and [certified contractors](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=3), certified laboratories, liability insurance, private financing techniques, and appropriate Government subsidies;
    - (E) assess the extent to which the infrastructure described in [subparagraph (D)](#b-2-D) exists, make recommendations to correct shortcomings, and provide estimates of the costs of measures needed to build an adequate infrastructure; and
    - (F) include any additional information that the [Secretary](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=26) deems appropriate.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1061, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3926.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), was in the original “this title”, meaning title X of Pub. L. 102–550, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3897, known as the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992. For complete classification of this title to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4851 of this title and Tables.