I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5289 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reduce lead in drinking water, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2010 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reduce lead in 
drinking water, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Get the Lead Out 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCING LEAD IN DRINKING WATER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1417 of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–6) is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the 
following: 
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‘‘(4) EXEMPTIONS.—The prohibitions in para-
graphs (1) and (3) shall not apply to— 
‘‘(A) pipes or pipe or plumbing fittings or 
fixtures, including backflow preventers, that are 
used exclusively for nonpotable services such as 
manufacturing, industrial processing, irrigation, 
outdoor watering, or any other uses where the 
water is not anticipated to be used for human 
consumption; or 
‘‘(B) toilets, bidets, urinals, fill valves, 
flushometer valves, tub fillers, shower valves, 
service saddles, or water distribution main gate 
valves that are 2 inches in diameter or larger.’’; 
and 
(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF LEAD FREE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of this 
section, the term ‘lead free’ means— 
‘‘(A) not containing more than 0.2 percent 
lead when used with respect to solder and flux; 
and 
‘‘(B) not more than a weighted average of 
0.25 percent when used with respect to the 
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wetted surfaces of pipes and pipe and plumbing 
fittings and fixtures. 
‘‘(2) CALCULATION.—The weighted average 
lead content of a pipe or pipe or plumbing fitting or 
fixture shall be calculated by using the following for-
mula: For each wetted component, the percentage of 
lead in the component shall be multiplied by the 
ratio of the wetted surface area of that component 
to the total wetted surface area of the entire product 
to arrive at the weighted percentage of lead of the 
component. The weighted percentage of lead of each 
wetted component shall be added together and the 
sum of these weighted percentages shall constitute 
the weighted average lead content of the product. 
The lead content of the material used to produce 
wetted components shall be used to determine com-
pliance with paragraph (1)(B). For lead content of 
materials that are provided as a range, the max-
imum content of the range shall be used.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The provisions of sub-
sections (a)(4) and (d) of section 1417 of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act, as added by this section, apply beginning 
on January 1, 2012. 
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