[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2776 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2776

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 11, 2016

  Mr. Booker introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to condition the receipt of funds 
 by a State for a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund on the 
  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.

    (a) Use of Funds.--Section 1452(a)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``Except'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Except'';
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Financial'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Financial assistance.--Financial'';
            (3) in the third sentence, by striking ``The funds'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Loans to public water systems.--The funds'';
            (4) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``The funds'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(D) Lead contamination.--The funds may be used--
                            ``(i) to train school personnel on issues 
                        relating to lead contamination in drinking 
                        water; and
                            ``(ii) in the case of a level of lead that 
                        exceeds a lead action level in the drinking 
                        water of a school, to assist the relevant local 
                        educational agency with lead remediation 
                        activities.
                    ``(E) Limitation.--The funds''; and
            (5) in the fifth sentence, by striking ``Of the amount'' 
        and inserting the following:
                    ``(F) Public water systems serving fewer than 
                10,000 persons.--Of the amount''.
    (b) Programs To Test Lead Contamination in 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, not later than 
        1 year after the date of enactment of the TEST for Lead Act, 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 the local educational 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))--
                    (A) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``A copy'' and inserting:
                    ``(A) In general.--A copy''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``under a program carried 
                        out'' before ``under paragraph (1)'';
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``The 
                local'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Notification.--The local''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Emergency notification.--If a level of lead 
                that exceeds a lead action level, as identified by the 
                Administrator, is discovered in drinking water at a 
                school pursuant to testing under a program carried out 
                under paragraph (1), not later than 48 hours after the 
                discovery of the elevated lead level, the local 
                educational agency with jurisdiction over the school 
                shall make a good faith effort to provide notification 
                of the elevated lead level to--
                            ``(i) the parents or guardians of each 
                        child enrolled in the school;
                            ``(ii) the Administrator;
                            ``(iii) the State;
                            ``(iv) the local municipal government; and
                            ``(v) local health agencies.''.
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