[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6334 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6334

 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of 
  the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to 
   assist eligible entities in carrying out programs to replace lead 
service lines for schools and solder that is not lead free used in the 
             plumbing for schools, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2016

 Mr. Rush (for himself and Mrs. Bustos) 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 require the Administrator of 
  the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to 
   assist eligible entities in carrying out programs to replace lead 
service lines for schools and solder that is not lead free used in the 
             plumbing for schools, 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. SCHOOL LEAD PIPE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

    Part F of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-21 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1466. SCHOOL LEAD PIPE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Eligible Entity.--In this section, the term `eligible entity' 
means--
            ``(1) a local educational agency; or
            ``(2) a public water system.
    ``(b) Grant Program.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall 
        establish a grant program to assist eligible entities in 
        carrying out programs to replace lead service lines for schools 
        and solder that is not lead free used in the plumbing for 
        schools. Such a program--
                    ``(A) shall include replacing lead service lines 
                and solder that is not lead free; and
                    ``(B) may include testing, planning, or carrying 
                out other relevant activities, as determined by the 
                Administrator, to identify the location and condition 
                of lead service lines and solder that is not lead free.
            ``(2) Priority application.--In providing assistance under 
        this section, the Administrator shall give priority to proposed 
        programs for schools for which, at any time during the 3-year 
        period preceding the date of submission of an application of 
        the eligible entity, monitoring data has indicated elevated 
        lead levels in the school drinking water.
    ``(c) Lead Service Line Defined.--For purposes of this section, the 
term `lead service line' means a service line that is not lead free 
(within the meaning of section 1417).
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2017 through 2021.''.
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