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H.R.6951 - Get the Lead Out of Schools Act115th Congress (2017-2018)

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Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (Introduced 09/27/2018)
Committees: House - Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House - 09/27/2018 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.  (All Actions)

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Introduced in House (09/27/2018)

Get the Lead Out of Schools Act

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for schools and day care facilities that: (1) establishes a lead action level (a level of lead in drinking water that triggers additional actions to control lead contamination) of at least 15 parts per billion; (2) directs each public water system to sample for lead in the drinking water at schools and day care facilities if the EPA determines there is a risk that the lead in the drinking water will meet or exceed the action level; and (3) directs public water systems that serve schools or day cares that meet or exceed the action level to notify the local educational agency, the relevant local health agencies, the municipality, and the state as soon as practicable, but no later than five business days after the system receives the sampling results.

The EPA must also establish a grant program for: (1) testing drinking water in schools and day care facilities for lead contamination, and (2) remediating lead contamination in such drinking water by replacing lead pipes and certain plumbing materials with lead-free material.