I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6396 
To establish a grant program to test and mitigate radon levels in public 
schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 
Mr. BRALEY of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program to test and mitigate radon 
levels in public schools, 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 ‘‘End Radon in Schools 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations to carry out this Act, not later than 180 days 
after the date that Federal funds are first appropriated 
for this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
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tection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Edu-
cation, shall establish a program under which the Admin-
istrator may award grants to States to conduct short-term 
radon testing to identify and mitigate unsafe radon levels 
in public schools. 
(b) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall re-
view, update, revise, and publish the Radon Measurements 
In Schools Guidelines with current information and guid-
ance on radon testing in a public school. 
SEC. 3. GRANT AWARDS. 
In carrying out the program under this Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall— 
(1) provide an initial grant award for each 
State selected to receive a grant under this Act to 
complete the testing under section 5(b)(1); 
(2) in the case of a State that submits a report 
and is required to conduct an additional test under 
section 5(b)(3), provide an additional grant award 
for the State to complete such test; 
(3) in the case of a State that submits a report 
and is required to conduct mitigation under section 
5(c)(1)— 
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(A) provide an additional grant award for 
the State to conduct such mitigation under such 
subparagraph (A) of such section; or 
(B) conduct such mitigation under sub-
paragraph (B) of such section; and 
(4) in the case of a State that submits a report 
and is required to conduct reevaluation under sec-
tion 5(d), provide an additional grant award for the 
State to complete the reevaluation. 
SEC. 4. APPLICATION; PRIORITY. 
(a) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this Act, a State shall submit an application to the 
Administrator in such manner, at such time, and con-
taining such information as the Administrator may re-
quire, including a certification that the grant funds will 
be used to— 
(1) test the radon levels in public schools pursu-
ant to section 5(b); and 
(2) mitigate the effects of unsafe radon levels in 
public schools pursuant to section 5(c), determined 
by the test under paragraph (1). 
(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants to States under 
this Act, the Administrator shall— 
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(1) determine the priority of grant awards by 
ranking each State that submits an application in 
relation to each other such State; and 
(2) in ranking States under paragraph (1)— 
(A) assign highest priority to a State with 
100 percent of such State’s landmass in Radon 
Zone 1; 
(B) in a case in which multiple States have 
100 percent of such States’ landmasses in 
Radon Zone 1, assign priority among such 
States at the Secretary’s discretion; and 
(C) in a case in which a State has less 
than 100 percent of such State’s landmass in 
Radon Zone 1, assign priority to such State at 
the Secretary’s discretion. 
SEC. 5. USE OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives a grant 
under this Act shall— 
(1) follow the Radon Measurements In Schools 
Guidelines updated pursuant to section 2(b); 
(2) test radon levels in each public school pur-
suant to subsection (b); 
(3) if necessary, mitigate unsafe radon levels 
pursuant to subsection (c); and 
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