3.0.0 2776 2023-01-11T13:31:26Z 2023-01-11T13:31:26Z Senate S 2016-04-11 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-04-11T21:46:55Z TEST for Lead Act 114 4879 HR 2016-03-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. Related bill CRS 2016-04-11 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2016-04-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N Environmental Protection Child health Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Government lending and loan guarantees Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Water quality Water resources funding Water use and supply Environmental Protection 00 2016-04-11 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-21T20:03:40Z Transparent Environment in School Testing for Lead Act or the TEST for Lead Act

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) allow funds from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to be used to train school personnel on issues relating to lead contamination in drinking water and to assist in lead remediation efforts, and (2) condition a state's receipt of funding from such Fund on the state establishing a program to test for lead in school drinking water.

Program requirements include testing water from: (1) faucets used for food preparation, (2)sinks in bathrooms, and (3)drinking water coolers.Testing must be conducted at least biannually at schools built prior to 1996 and at least annually at schools built in 1996 or after.

Additionally, local education agencies must notify parents or guardians, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the state in which they are located, the local municipal government, and local health agencies within 48 hours if a level of lead exceeds the EPA's lead action level.

]]> TEST for Lead Act Display Title TEST for Lead Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to condition the receipt of funds by a State for a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund on the State carrying out a program to test for lead in drinking water for schools. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced TEST for Lead Act Short Titles as Introduced Transparent Environment in School Testing for Lead Act Introduced in Senate 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2776is/xml/BILLS-114s2776is.xml 2016-04-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.