[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5289 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5289

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reduce lead in drinking water, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2010

Ms. Eshoo (for herself and Mr. George Miller of California) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reduce lead in drinking water, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Get the Lead Out Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCING LEAD IN DRINKING WATER.

    (a) In General.--Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300g-6) is amended--
            (1) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following:
            ``(4) Exemptions.--The prohibitions in paragraphs (1) and 
        (3) shall not apply to--
                    ``(A) pipes or pipe or plumbing fittings or 
                fixtures, including backflow preventers, that are used 
                exclusively for nonpotable services such as 
                manufacturing, industrial processing, irrigation, 
                outdoor watering, or any other uses where the water is 
                not anticipated to be used for human consumption; or
                    ``(B) toilets, bidets, urinals, fill valves, 
                flushometer valves, tub fillers, shower valves, service 
                saddles, or water distribution main gate valves that 
                are 2 inches in diameter or larger.''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Definition of Lead Free.--
            ``(1) In general.--For the purposes of this section, the 
        term `lead free' means--
                    ``(A) not containing more than 0.2 percent lead 
                when used with respect to solder and flux; and
                    ``(B) not more than a weighted average of 0.25 
                percent when used with respect to the wetted surfaces 
                of pipes and pipe and plumbing fittings and fixtures.
            ``(2) Calculation.--The weighted average lead content of a 
        pipe or pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture shall be calculated 
        by using the following formula: For each wetted component, the 
        percentage of lead in the component shall be multiplied by the 
        ratio of the wetted surface area of that component to the total 
        wetted surface area of the entire product to arrive at the 
        weighted percentage of lead of the component. The weighted 
        percentage of lead of each wetted component shall be added 
        together and the sum of these weighted percentages shall 
        constitute the weighted average lead content of the product. 
        The lead content of the material used to produce wetted 
        components shall be used to determine compliance with paragraph 
        (1)(B). For lead content of materials that are provided as a 
        range, the maximum content of the range shall be used.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The provisions of subsections (a)(4) and (d) 
of section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as added by this 
section, apply beginning on January 1, 2012.
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