[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6525 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6525

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
                  students to undergo lead screenings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2016

 Mrs. Watson Coleman introduced the following bill; which was referred 
            to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
                  students to undergo lead screenings.

    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 ``Lead-free Students Act''.

SEC. 2. LEAD SCREENING.

    Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 8549D. LEAD SCREENING REQUIREMENT.

    ``As a condition of receiving funds under this Act, a local 
educational agency shall require that prior to enrolling in an 
elementary school for the first time, a student shall undergo a 
screening of the student's blood lead level.''.

SEC. 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 8549C the following:

``Sec. 8549D. Lead screening requirement.''.
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