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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3423 

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

replacement in public playgrounds, parks, and libraries, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2021 

Ms. MENG (for herself, Ms. BUSH, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. DANNY

K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 

Mr. KILMER, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

POCAN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TORRES of 

New York, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) 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 public playgrounds, 

parks, and libraries, 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 Public Playgrounds, Parks, and Libraries Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS, AND LIBRARIES. 

2 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Part F of the Safe Drinking 

3 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–21 et seq.) is amended by add4 ing at the end the following: 

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

6 PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS, AND LIBRAR7 IES. 

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

9 the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator 

10 shall establish a grant program to provide assistance to 

11 States and municipalities for the replacement, in play12 grounds, parks, or libraries owned by (or libraries located 

13 in) States or municipalities, of drinking water fountains, 

14 including any lead service line that supplies the fountains, 

15 manufactured prior to 2014. 

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

17 grant program— 

18 ‘‘(1) shall be used to pay the costs of replacing 

19 drinking water fountains, in playgrounds, parks, or 

20 libraries owned by (or libraries located in) a State 

21 or municipality receiving such funds, with plumbing 

22 endpoint devices certified by a third party certifi23 cation body accredited by the ANSI National Ac24 creditation Board as meeting the NSF/ANSI/CAN 

25 61: Q≤1 standard, and, for endpoint devices con26 nected to premises plumbing, with filters installed at 


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1 the point where water is dispensed from the device 

2 and is certified as compliant with NSF Inter3 national/American National Standards Institute 

4 (ANSI) Standard 53-2017, Drinking Water Treat5 ment Units - Health Effects published by NSF 

6 International, and incorporates an integral perform7 ance indication device as specified in section 6.1 of 

8 NSF/ANSI standard 53-2017, or any more stringent 

9 requirements adopted thereafter; 

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

11 and reporting of lead levels in the drinking water of 

12 playgrounds, parks, and libraries owned by (or li13 braries located in) a State or municipality receiving 

14 such funds, as determined appropriate by the Ad15 ministrator; and 

16 ‘‘(3) shall be used to pay the cost of replacing 

17 lead service lines servicing the water fountains. 

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

19 program, the Administrator shall give priority to— 

20 ‘‘(1) projects and activities that benefit an un21 derserved community or a disadvantaged community; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(2) applications for projects that replace pre24 1988 water fountains. 


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

2 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 

3 ‘‘(1) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

4 ‘‘(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 

5 ‘‘(3) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

6 ‘‘(4) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 

7 ‘‘(5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.’’. 

8 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1461 of the Safe Drink9 ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–21) is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following: 

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

12 ‘disadvantaged community’ has the meaning given 

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

14 ‘‘(9) PLAYGROUND OR PARK.—The term ‘play15 ground or park’ means an indoor or outdoor park, 

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

17 lot appurtenant thereto, that is intended for recre18 ation purposes. 

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

20 ‘underserved community’ has the meaning given 

21 such term in section 1459A. 

22 ‘‘(11) LIBRARY.—The term ‘library’ includes— 

23 ‘‘(A) a public library; 

24 ‘‘(B) a public elementary school or sec25 ondary school library; 


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1 ‘‘(C) a tribal library; 

2 ‘‘(D) an academic library; 

3 ‘‘(E) a research library, which, for pur4 poses of this subchapter means a library that— 

5 ‘‘(i) makes publicly available library 

6 services and materials suitable for schol7 arly research that are not otherwise avail8 able to the public; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) is not an integral part of an in10 stitution of higher education; and 

11 ‘‘(F) a private library or other special li12 brary, but only if the State in which the private 

13 or special library is located determines that the 

14 library should be considered a library for pur15 poses of this part.’’. 

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