[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4879 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4879

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to condition a State's receipt of 
funds for a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund on such State 
 carrying out a program to test for lead in drinking water for schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2016

  Mr. Payne 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 condition a State's receipt of 
funds for a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund on such State 
 carrying out a program to test for lead in drinking water for schools.

    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 ``Transparent Environment in School 
Testing for Lead Act'' or the ``TEST for Lead Act''.

SEC. 2. TESTING FOR LEAD IN DRINKING WATER FOR SCHOOLS.

    Section 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
24(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Programs to test lead contamination in schools.--To 
        be eligible to receive funds under section 1452, a State (as 
        defined in section 1401(13)(A)), shall carry out a program, 
        consistent with this section, to assist local educational 
        agencies in testing for lead contamination in drinking water 
        from sources of lead contamination at schools under the 
        jurisdiction of such agencies.'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (3);
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Testing requirements.--A program carried out under 
        paragraph (1) shall require testing of drinking water, 
        including testing of water from faucets used for food 
        preparation, sinks in lavatories, and drinking water coolers, 
        for lead--
                    ``(A) at schools built prior to 1996, at least 
                biannually; and
                    ``(B) at schools built in 1996 or after, at least 
                annually.''; and
            (5) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of 
        this section)--
                    (A) by striking ``A copy'' and inserting:
                    ``(A) In general.--A copy'';
                    (B) by inserting ``under a program carried out'' 
                before ``under paragraph (1)''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Emergency notification.--If a level of lead 
                that exceeds a lead action level, as identified by the 
                Environmental Protection Agency, is discovered in 
                drinking water at a school pursuant to testing under a 
                program carried out under paragraph (1), the local 
                educational agency with jurisdiction over such school 
                shall notify parents, the Administrator, and the State 
                of such elevated lead level not later than 48 hours 
                after such discovery.''.
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