I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7918 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to replacement of 
lead service lines, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2020 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. CUELLAR) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to 
replacement of lead service lines, 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. PLANS FOR REPLACEMENT OF LEAD SERVICE 
LINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part E of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 1459E. REPLACEMENT OF LEAD SERVICE LINES. 
‘‘(a) PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section, each 
community water system serving a population 
of 3,300 or more shall submit to the Adminis-
trator a plan to inventory and replace all the 
lead service lines of the community water sys-
tem, including the portions of such lead service 
lines that are owned by the community water 
system and any remaining portions of such lead 
service lines. 
‘‘(B) SMALL
SYSTEMS.—The Adminis-
trator shall require community water systems 
serving fewer than 3,300 persons to submit a 
plan under this section at such time as the Ad-
ministrator determines appropriate. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSIONS.—Each plan submitted under 
this subsection shall include a plan and schedule 
for— 
‘‘(A) notifying persons served by the appli-
cable community water system that, if author-
ized, the community water system will install 
interim filters that meet the criteria under 
paragraph (3) on all drinking water taps served 
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by the community water system with lead serv-
ice lines; 
‘‘(B) installing such interim filters; and 
‘‘(C) replacing all the lead service lines of 
the community water system not later than 10 
years after such plan is approved. 
‘‘(3) FILTER
CRITERIA.—Interim filters, and 
any replacement thereof, installed pursuant to a 
plan under this section— 
‘‘(A) shall— 
‘‘(i) be certified as compliant with 
NSF 
International/American 
National 
Standards Institute (‘ANSI’) Standard 
53–2017, 
‘Drinking 
Water 
Treatment 
Units—Health Effects’, published by NSF 
International; and 
‘‘(ii) incorporate an integral perform-
ance indication device as specified in sec-
tion 6.1 of NSF/ANSI standard 53–2017; 
or 
‘‘(B) shall be certified as compliant with 
any standards adopted by NSF International, 
ANSI, or the Agency that are more stringent 
than the standards under subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(b) APPROVAL.—Not later than 6 months after a 
community water system submits a plan under this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall approve the plan or notify 
the community water system in writing of revisions the 
Administrator determines necessary to approve the plan. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 10 years 
after a plan under this section of a community water sys-
tem is approved by the Administrator, the community 
water system shall submit to the Administrator a certifi-
cation that all the lead service lines of the community 
water system have been replaced except for any lead serv-
ice line not owned by the community water system and 
with respect to which the owner has declined replacement 
by the community water system. 
‘‘(d) EXTENSION.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—A community water sys-
tem may submit an application to the Administrator 
for an extension of the 10-year deadline described in 
subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) APPROVAL.—The Administrator shall ap-
prove an application for an extension under para-
graph (1) only if— 
‘‘(A) the community water system submit-
ting the application has held a public hearing 
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and solicited public comment prior to submit-
ting the application; and 
‘‘(B) the Administrator determines that 
lead service line replacement by the community 
water system is not feasible by the 10-year 
deadline described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(3) PERIOD
OF
EXTENSION.—The Adminis-
trator may only grant an extension under this sub-
section for the minimum period of time necessary for 
the applicable community water system to replace all 
lead service lines of the community water system. 
‘‘(e) ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITY.—The Adminis-
trator may take action to enforce a requirement of this 
section pursuant to section 1414(a)(2) with respect to a 
community water system in a State regardless of whether 
the State has primary enforcement responsibility for pub-
lic water systems. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘lead 
service line’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1459B(a). 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022.’’. 
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(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 1414(i)(1) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(i)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘or 1445’’ and inserting ‘‘1445, or 1459E’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) STATE
REVOLVING
LOAN
FUNDS.—Section 
1452(m)(1)(C) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12(m)(1)(C)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,950,000,000 for fiscal year 2021’’ and inserting 
‘‘$6,600,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022’’. 
(b) REDUCING LEAD IN DRINKING WATER.—Sub-
section (d) of section 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19b) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
‘‘(1) $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 
through 2020; and 
‘‘(2) $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 
and 2022.’’. 
Æ 
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