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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2257 

To require lead testing in Department of Defense Education Activity schools, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2019 

Mr. KILDEE (for himself and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 

Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require lead testing in Department of Defense Education 

Activity schools, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. LEAD TESTING IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

4 EDUCATION ACTIVITY SCHOOLS. 

5 (a) LEAD-BASED PAINT AND LEAD IN DRINKING

6 WATER.— 

7 (1) TESTING REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De8 fense shall ensure that all covered schools are tested 

9 for— 


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1 (A) the presence of lead-based paint; and 

2 (B) the presence of lead in drinking water. 

3 (2) STANDARDS.—In carrying out paragraph 

4 (1), the Secretary shall ensure that tests are per5 formed in accordance with the guidance document 

6 and testing protocol published by the Administrator 

7 of the Environmental Protection Agency under sec8 tion 1464(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 300j–24(b)). 

10 (3) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than one day 

11 after a test is carried out pursuant to this sub12 section in a covered school, the Secretary shall notify 

13 of the results of the test— 

14 (A) the parents or legal guardians of stu15 dents attending such covered school; and 

16 (B) the employees of such covered school. 

17 (b) LEAD MITIGATION.— 

18 (1) ACTIVITIES REQUIRED.—The Secretary 

19 shall undertake activities necessary to mitigate the 

20 presence of lead in a covered school in which lead is 

21 detected as a result of a test performed pursuant to 

22 subsection (a). 

23 (2) STANDARDS.—In carrying out paragraph 

24 (1), the Secretary shall ensure mitigation is under25 taken in accordance with the requirements of DeVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:24 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2257.IH H2257

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1 partment of Defense Education Activity Administra2 tive Instruction 6055.01 (or successor instruction). 

3 (c) TIMING.—The Secretary shall— 

4 (1) commence all actions required pursuant to 

5 subsection (a) not later than 30 days after the date 

6 of the enactment of this Act; and 

7 (2) complete all actions required pursuant to 

8 subsections (a) and (b) not later than two years 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

10 (d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

12 to the congressional defense committees a report con13 taining information on activities carried out under this 

14 section, including— 

15 (1) the number of covered schools tested for 

16 lead-based paint; 

17 (2) the number of covered schools tested for 

18 lead in drinking water; 

19 (3) for each covered school at which testing was 

20 performed, the results of the testing; 

21 (4) for each covered school at which testing was 

22 not performed, an explanation for the failure to per23 form the testing; and 


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1 (5) for each covered school in which lead was 

2 detected, the activities undertaken to mitigate the 

3 presence of lead. 

4 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit6 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

7 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. 

8 (2) The term ‘‘covered school’’ means— 

9 (A) a school owned or operated by the De10 partment of Defense Education Activity; or 

11 (B) a school with which the Secretary has 

12 entered into a contract or otherwise entered 

13 into an arrangement to provide educational pro14 grams under— 

15 (i) section 2164 of title 10, United 

16 States Code; or 

17 (ii) section 1402 of the Defense De18 pendents’ Education Act of 1978 (20 

19 U.S.C. 921). 

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