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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3949 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for drinking water fountain 

replacement in playgrounds and parks, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2019 

Ms. MENG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for drinking water fountain replacement in playgrounds and 

parks, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Drinking Water 

5 in Playgrounds and Parks Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DRINKING WATER FOUNTAIN REPLACEMENT FOR 

7 PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS. 

8 (a) PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS OWNED BY

9 SCHOOLS.—Section 1465(b) of the Safe Drinking Water 

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–25(b)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, including 

2 in playgrounds and parks owned or administered by 

3 schools’’ after ‘‘schools’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘including in 

5 playgrounds and parks owned or administered by 

6 such schools,’’ after ‘‘such funds,’’. 

7 (b) PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS OR PARKS.— 

8 (1) GRANT PROGRAM.—Part F of the Safe 

9 Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–21 et seq.) is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 1466. DRINKING WATER FOUNTAIN REPLACEMENT IN 

12 PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS. 

13 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

14 the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator 

15 shall establish a grant program to provide assistance to 

16 States and municipalities for the replacement, in play17 grounds or parks owned by States or municipalities, of 

18 drinking water fountains manufactured prior to 1988. 

19 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under the 

20 grant program— 

21 ‘‘(1) shall be used to pay the costs of replace22 ment of drinking water fountains in playgrounds or 

23 parks owned by a State or municipality receiving 

24 such funds; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) may be used to pay the costs of monitoring 

2 and reporting of lead levels in the drinking water of 

3 playgrounds or parks owned by a State or munici4 pality receiving such funds, as determined appro5 priate by the Administrator. 

6 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding funds under the grant 

7 program, the Administrator shall give priority to projects 

8 and activities that benefit an underserved community or 

9 a disadvantaged community. 

10 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

12 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025.’’. 

13 (2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1461 of the Safe 

14 Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–21) is amend15 ed by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(8) DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.—The term 

17 ‘disadvantaged community’ has the meaning given 

18 such term in section 1452(d)(3). 

19 ‘‘(9) PLAYGROUND OR PARK.—The term ‘play20 ground or park’ means an indoor or outdoor park, 

21 building, site, or other facility, including any parking 

22 lot appurtenant thereto, that is intended for recre23 ation purposes. 


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1 ‘‘(10) UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY.—The term 

2 ‘underserved community’ has the meaning given 

3 such term in section 1459A.’’. 

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