I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6061 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to make grants to States that 
establish and carry out programs to assist local educational agencies 
in testing for, and remedying, lead contamination in drinking water 
from any source of lead contamination at schools under the jurisdiction 
of such agencies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. 
BOYLE
of Pennsylvania, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. HIG-
GINS, Mr. HONDA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. KIND, Ms. LEE, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
RANGEL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali-
fornia, Mr. TONKO, and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to make grants 
to States that establish and carry out programs to assist 
local educational agencies in testing for, and remedying, 
lead contamination in drinking water from any source 
of lead contamination at schools under the jurisdiction 
of such agencies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Lead in School 
Water Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TESTING AND REMEDYING LEAD CONTAMINATION 
IN DRINKING WATER AT SCHOOLS. 
(a) TESTING AND REMEDYING LEAD CONTAMINA-
TION IN DRINKING WATER AT SCHOOLS.—Section 1464 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–24) is 
amended by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(c) TESTING AND REMEDYING LEAD CONTAMINA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) STATE PROGRAMS.—In order to receive a 
grant under section 1465, a State shall establish and 
carry out a program, that meets the requirements 
under paragraph (2), to assist local educational 
agencies in testing for, and remedying, lead contami-
nation in drinking water from any source of lead 
contamination at schools under the jurisdiction of 
such agencies, including drinking water coolers. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A State program under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) require testing for lead contamination 
in drinking water at schools under the jurisdic-
tion of local educational agencies, including 
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testing of drinking water at the site of con-
sumption; 
‘‘(B) provide for the dissemination to local 
educational agencies, private nonprofit elemen-
tary or secondary schools, and to day care cen-
ters of the guidance document and testing pro-
tocol published under subsection (b), together 
with the list of drinking water coolers published 
under section 1463(a); 
‘‘(C) provide that a copy of the results of 
any testing under subparagraph (A) shall be 
available in the administrative offices of the 
local educational agency, and on a publicly ac-
cessible Web site, for inspection by the public, 
including appropriate governmental entities, 
teachers, other school personnel, and parents; 
‘‘(D) provide for notification of parent, 
teacher, and employee organizations of the 
availability of the results of any testing under 
subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(E) if the results of any testing under 
subparagraph (A) show a level of lead that 
meets or exceeds a lead action level for remedi-
ation, as determined by the Administrator, in 
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conjunction with the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention— 
‘‘(i) require distribution of the guid-
ance document published under paragraph 
(3) to parents; and 
‘‘(ii) require remediation measures be 
taken; and 
‘‘(F) include any other requirement that 
the Administrator determines necessary. 
‘‘(3) GUIDANCE FOR PARENTS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this para-
graph, the Administrator shall publish and make 
available on a publicly accessible Web site a guid-
ance document for parents that explains the results 
of testing for lead contamination in drinking water 
at schools, including results that show a level of lead 
that meets or exceeds a lead action level for remedi-
ation, as determined by the Administrator, in con-
junction with the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, and actions parents can 
take to protect their child from lead contamination 
in drinking water at school and otherwise. Such doc-
ument may be revised and republished as the Ad-
ministrator determines necessary.’’. 
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(b) FUNDING.—Section 1465 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–25) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘under section 1464’’ and 
inserting ‘‘that meet the requirements of section 
1464(c)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘drinking water coolers 
and from other sources of lead contamination at 
schools under the jurisdiction of such agencies’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any source of lead contamination 
at schools under the jurisdiction of such agen-
cies, including drinking water coolers’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘after the enactment of 
this section’’ and inserting ‘‘after the date of 
enactment of the No Lead in School Water 
Act’’; and 
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2022. 
‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of a State program under section 1464(c) carried out 
using a grant under this section may not exceed 75 per-
cent of the total cost of the program.’’. 
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SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency shall submit to Congress a report on the 
State programs under section 1464(c) of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act, including the level of participation by 
States, the effect of the programs, and the estimated 
health and economic benefits of the programs. 
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