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[H.R. 3588 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3588

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt fire hydrants from the 
 prohibition on the use of lead pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, and 
                                  flux.

    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 ``Community Fire Safety Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTING FIRE HYDRANTS FROM PROHIBITION ON USE OF LEAD.
    Section 1417(a)(4)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water Act is amended by 
inserting ``fire hydrants,'' after ``shower valves,''.
SEC. 3. EVALUATION OF SOURCES OF LEAD IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND 
ALTERNATE ROUTING SYSTEMS.
    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall--
        (1) consult with and seek the advice of the National Drinking 
    Water Advisory Council on potential changes to the regulations 
    pertaining to lead under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
    300f et seq.); and
        (2) request the Council to consider sources of lead throughout 
    drinking water distribution systems, including through components 
    used to reroute drinking water during distribution system repairs.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.