Dive summary:

• Oklahoma's Jim Inhofe is leading a group of six Republican U.S. senators in introducing legislation they say would undue a "one size fits all" Environmental Protection Agency program for regulating lead paint during home renovations and repairs.
• Perhaps most significant is their plan to restore an opt-out provision that, until the EPA's revision of the program in 2010, allowed homeowners to pass on the rules if there were no small children or pregnant women living in the house.
• Unless the EPA certifies test kits for lead that contractors can use to test, Inhofe's group also wants to make EPA's plan irrelevant for homes that do not have those sensitive populations, along with saying the agency cannot expand the program to commercial and public buildings.

From the article:

"Currently, the EPA requires contractors to follow extensive safety practices in a one-size fits all approach...," Inhofe stated