[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5833 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5833

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2016

Ms. Duckworth 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 address lead contamination in 
             school 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 of Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. SCHOOL TESTING AND NOTIFICATION; GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 1464 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.300j-24) is 
amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Testing and Notification Requirements for Public Water 
Systems That Serve Schools.--Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall promulgate a 
national primary drinking water regulation for lead that--
            ``(1) establishes an action level for lead contamination in 
        school drinking water;
            ``(2) requires each public water system to sample drinking 
        water at schools the public water system serves for lead on a 
        regular basis, as determined by the Administrator; and
            ``(3) requires a public water system, if the results of 
        such sampling indicate that school drinking water contains lead 
        at or exceeding the action level established by the 
        Administrator, to notify the local educational agency that has 
        jurisdiction over the school, the relevant local health 
        agencies, the municipality, and the State as soon as possible, 
        but not later than five business days after the date on which 
        the public water system receives the test results.
    ``(e) School and Child Care Lead Testing and Remedy Grant 
Program.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--Not later than one year after the 
        date of the enactment of this subsection, the Administrator 
        shall establish a grant program to provide funds to eligible 
        entities to test for, and remedy, lead contamination in school 
        drinking water.
            ``(2) Use of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An eligible entity that receives 
                a grant pursuant to this subsection may use grant 
                funds--
                            ``(i) to recover the costs incurred by the 
                        eligible entity of testing for lead 
                        contamination in drinking water at schools, 
                        conducted by an entity approved by the 
                        Administrator or the State to conduct such 
                        testing; or
                            ``(ii) to replace lead pipes, pipe 
                        fittings, plumbing fittings, and fixtures with 
                        pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings, and 
                        fixtures that are lead free (as defined in 
                        section 1417) at any school that has lead in 
                        its drinking water at a level that meets or 
                        exceeds the action level established by the 
                        Administrator pursuant to subsection (d).
                    ``(B) Limitation.--Not more than 5 percent of grant 
                funds received under this subsection may be used to pay 
                administrative costs associated with testing for or 
                remedying lead contamination.
            ``(3) Conditions.--As a condition of receiving a grant 
        under this subsection, an eligible entity shall--
                    ``(A) ensure that grant funds are expended in 
                accordance with--
                            ``(i) the guidance of the Environmental 
                        Protection Agency entitled `3Ts for Reducing 
                        Lead in Drinking Water in Schools: Revised 
                        Technical Guidance', dated October 2006, or any 
                        successor guidance document or regulation; or
                            ``(ii) applicable State regulations or 
                        guidance regarding the reduction of lead in 
                        drinking water in schools, if such regulations 
                        or guidance are not less stringent than the 
                        guidance referred to in clause (i), as 
                        determined by the Administrator; and
                    ``(B) make publicly available, including through 
                publication on the Internet website of the eligible 
                entity to the extent practicable, a copy of the results 
                of any testing for lead contamination in school 
                drinking water for which funding is received under this 
                subsection; and
                    ``(C) notify parent, teacher, and employee 
                organizations of the availability of the test results 
                described in subparagraph (B).
            ``(4) Eligible entities.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        the term `eligible entity' means--
                    ``(A) a local educational agency; or
                    ``(B) a State agency administering a State-wide 
                program to test for, or remedy, lead contamination in 
                drinking water.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 1465 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-25) is 
repealed.
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