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+title: "42 U.S.C. § 4854a"
+description: "Testing technologies"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 42
+title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
+chapter_number: "63A"
+chapter_name: "RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION"
+section: "4854a"
+citation: "42 U.S.C. § 4854a"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s4854a"
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+---
+
+# 42 U.S.C. § 4854a - Testing technologies
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, shall conduct research to—
+
+(1) develop improved methods for evaluating lead-based paint hazards in housing;
+
+(2) develop improved methods for reducing lead-based paint hazards in housing;
+
+(3) develop improved methods for measuring lead in paint films, dust, and soil samples;
+
+(4) establish performance standards for various detection methods, including spot test kits;
+
+(5) establish performance standards for lead-based paint hazard reduction methods, including the use of encapsulants;
+
+(6) establish appropriate cleanup standards;
+
+(7) evaluate the efficacy of interim controls in various hazard situations;
+
+(8) evaluate the relative performance of various abatement techniques;
+
+(9) evaluate the long-term cost-effectiveness of interim control and abatement strategies; and
+
+(10) assess the effectiveness of hazard evaluation and reduction activities funded by this chapter.
+
+(Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1052, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3925.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThis chapter, referred to in par. (10), was in the original “this Act”, 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 Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4851 of this title and Tables.