‘‘(ii) second, to those residences, 
schools, and day care facilities that have or 
could be expected to have higher lead lev-
els, based on testing results under the na-
tional primary drinking water regulation 
for lead. 
‘‘(C) STANDARDS
AND
CERTIFICATIONS 
FOR FILTERS.—Each type of on-location filter 
provided under subparagraph (A) shall be cer-
tified by a third-party certifier accredited by the 
American National Standards Institute (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘ANSI’) to the ap-
propriate NSF International (referred to in this 
section as ‘NSF’)/ANSI standard for lead re-
duction. 
‘‘(2) NO LIMITATION.—The provision of filters 
under paragraph (1) shall not be limited to resi-
dences known to have non-lead-free service lines. 
‘‘(3) WAIVER OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.— 
The Administrator may waive 1 or more require-
ments under this subsection if the Administrator de-
termines that the requirements are not feasible or 
necessary to carry out section 1412(b)(16)(B). 
‘‘(g) FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal agency shall 
conduct water supply testing in each federally-owned 
or federally-occupied building under the jurisdiction 
of the Federal agency to determine whether lead lev-
els in drinking water in the building require action 
to provide a level of protection consistent with sec-
tion 1412(b)(16)(B). 
‘‘(2) METHODOLOGY AND GUIDANCE.—The Ad-
ministrator shall establish a methodology and pro-
vide guidance for testing and remediation in Federal 
buildings that will provide a level of protection con-
sistent with section 1412(b)(16)(B). 
‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—This subsection shall 
not apply to a Federal building that is served 
by a federally-owned or federally-operated pub-
lic water system that is subject to the national 
primary drinking water regulation for lead. 
‘‘(B) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Nothing in 
this subsection affects any requirement applica-
ble to a public water system. 
‘‘(h) TESTING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, in accord-
ance with testing requirements under the national 
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primary drinking water regulation for lead, each 
community water system and nontransient non-
community water system described in paragraph (2) 
shall initiate, and complete not later than 180 days 
after the date of initiation, a testing program for 
lead in drinking water that is consistent with the 
monitoring requirements under section 141.86 of 
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation) that are associated with the final rule 
entitled ‘Maximum Contaminant Level Goals and 
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for 
Lead and Copper’ (56 Fed. Reg. 26548 (June 7, 
1991)). 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to 
each community water system and nontransient non-
community water system that— 
‘‘(A) is monitoring lead in drinking water 
on a reduced monitoring plan in accordance 
with section 141.86(c) of title 40, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations; 
‘‘(B) is subject to the requirements of the 
final rule entitled ‘National Primary Drinking 
Water Regulations: Disinfectants and Disinfec-
tion Byproducts, Part IV’ (63 Fed. Reg. 69390 
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(December 16, 1998)) (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘Stage 1 Rule’); and 
‘‘(C) has not conducted monitoring under 
the reduced monitoring plan of the system since 
making significant changes as a means of com-
plying with the Stage 1 Rule (as in effect on 
the date of enactment of this subsection). 
‘‘(i) MONITORING.—The Administrator shall revise 
the monitoring requirements under the national primary 
drinking water regulation for lead to— 
‘‘(1) require monitoring at least biannually; 
‘‘(2) ensure that monitoring is statistically rel-
evant and fully representative of all types of residen-
tial dwellings and commercial establishments; 
‘‘(3) ensure that monitoring frequency and 
scope are enhanced for— 
‘‘(A) at least the 1-year period following 
any substantial modification of the treatment of 
drinking water provided; and 
‘‘(B) any period during which the drinking 
water of a water system exceeds the maximum 
contaminant level or action level for lead; 
‘‘(4) require that, in order to be certified to 
conduct drinking water analyses under this Act, a 
laboratory shall electronically report lead test results 
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for public water systems (and such other results or 
data as are determined to be appropriate by the Ad-
ministrator), in accordance with protocols estab-
lished by the Administrator, directly to the Adminis-
trator and the applicable State or local agency; and 
‘‘(5) otherwise ensure that the Safe Drinking 
Water Information System and the National Con-
taminant Occurrence Database of the Administrator 
reliably and timely reflect information regarding 
drinking water quality and compliance with respect 
to lead. 
‘‘(j) CORROSION CONTROL.—In revising the national 
primary drinking water regulation for lead, the Adminis-
trator shall ensure that any requirement for corrosion con-
trol includes a requirement that, not later than 1 year 
after the date of any change in water treatment, or of 
an exceedance of the maximum contaminant level or action 
level for lead, each community water system and nontran-
sient noncommunity water system shall— 
‘‘(1) reevaluate any corrosion control plan in 
place for the water system; and 
‘‘(2) implement any changes necessary to re-
optimize the plan.’’. 
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SEC. 6. NON-LEAD FREE SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT 
FUND. 
Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300g–6) (as amended by section 5) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out replacement of non-lead- 
free service lines under subsection (a)(1)(C)(iv)(VI) 
$200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012. 
‘‘(2) DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA.—Of amounts 
provided under paragraph (1), $40,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 is authorized for 
use in replacing non-lead free service lines in the 
District of Columbia.’’. 
SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON USE OF LEAD PIPES, SOLDER, 
AND FLUX. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1417 of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–6) is amended by striking 
subsection (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) HIGH LEAD.—The term ‘high lead’ means 
any pipe, or pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, that 
contains more than 2 percent lead. 
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‘‘(2) LEAD FREE.—The term ‘lead free’ means 
solder, flux, a pipe, or a pipe or plumbing fitting or 
fixture that contains not more than 0.2 percent lead. 
‘‘(3) PLUMBING
FITTING; 
PLUMBING
FIX-
TURE.—The terms ‘plumbing fitting’ and ‘plumbing 
fixture’ do not include— 
‘‘(A) any porcelain item; or 
‘‘(B) any plumbing component that does 
not come into contact with drinking water.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITIONS.—Section 1417(a) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–6(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ and all 
that follows through paragraph (1)(A)(ii) and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘(a) USE OF LEAD PIPES, SOL-
DER, AND FLUX.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(i) SOLDER AND FLUX.—No person 
may use, after June 19, 1986, any solder 
or flux that is not lead free in the installa-
tion or repair of any public water system 
or any plumbing in a residential or non-
residential facility providing water for 
human ingestion (including water for bath-
ing). 
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‘‘(ii) PIPES; PIPE AND PLUMBING FIT-
TINGS AND FIXTURES.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of the Lead-Free Drinking 
Water Act of 2007, no person may 
use any high lead pipe, or pipe or 
plumbing fitting or fixture, in the in-
stallation or repair of— 
‘‘(aa) any public water sys-
tem; or 
‘‘(bb) any plumbing in a res-
idential or nonresidential facility 
providing water for human inges-
tion (including water for bath-
ing). 
‘‘(II) 
PROHIBITION.—On 
and 
after the date that is 5 years after the 
date of enactment of the Lead-Free 
Drinking Water Act of 2007, no per-
son may use any pipe, or pipe or 
plumbing fitting or fixture, that is not 
lead free in the installation or repair 
of— 
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‘‘(aa) any public water sys-
tem; or 
‘‘(bb) any plumbing in a res-
idential or nonresidential facility 
providing water for human inges-
tion (including water for bath-
ing).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(3) UNLAW-
FUL ACTS.—’’ and all that follows through subpara-
graph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) UNLAWFUL ACTS.—On and after the date 
that is 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
Lead-Free Drinking Water Act of 2007, it shall be 
unlawful— 
‘‘(A) for any person to introduce into com-
merce any pipe, or pipe or plumbing fitting or 
fixture, that is a high lead pipe or high lead 
pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture (except for 
a pipe that is used in manufacturing or indus-
trial processing);’’. 
(c) CERTIFICATION; TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND 
ASSISTANCE; FAILURE TO COMPLETE REVISION.—Sec-
tion 1417(e)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300g–6(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION.—The Administrator 
shall require that any plumbing fitting or fix-
ture intended by the manufacturer (or agent of 
the manufacturer) to convey or dispense water 
for human ingestion (including water for bath-
ing) be certified by an independent, third-party 
certifier accredited by ANSI as meeting the re-
quirements of NSF/ANSI standard number 61 
as described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(D) TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND AS-
SISTANCE.—The Administrator shall provide ac-
curate and timely technical information and as-
sistance to qualified third-party certifiers de-
scribed in subparagraph (C), and to the NSF, 
for use in conducting a review of, and, not later 
than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
this subparagraph, revising NSF/ANSI stand-
ard number 61 such that the NSF Test Sta-
tistic Q applicable to plumbing fittings and fix-
tures shall be less than or equal to 5 
micrograms. 
‘‘(E) FAILURE TO COMPLETE REVISION.— 
If the Administrator determines that the revi-
sion required by subparagraph (D) has not been 
completed by the date that is 1 year after the 
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date of enactment of this subparagraph, no per-
son may import, manufacture, process, or dis-
tribute in commerce after that date any new 
pipe, or pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, in-
tended by the manufacturer (or agent of the 
manufacturer) to convey or dispense water for 
human ingestion (including water for bathing) 
that is not lead free.’’. 
SEC. 8. REMOVAL OF LEAD IN SCHOOLS. 
(a) REMOVAL
OF LEAD
IN SCHOOLS
AND EDU-
CATIONAL FACILITIES.—Section 1464 of the Safe Drink-
ing Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–24) is amended by striking 
subsection (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) REMOVAL OF LEAD IN SCHOOLS AND EDU-
CATIONAL FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) TESTING
AND
REMEDIATION
OF
LEAD 
CONTAMINATION.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of enactment of the Lead-Free Drinking Water 
Act of 2007, the Administrator— 
‘‘(A) shall promulgate regulations requir-
ing each State to establish a program under 
which schools and other educational facilities li-
censed by the State are required to test for an-
nually, and remediate, lead contamination in 
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water for human ingestion from coolers, taps, 
and other sources; and 
‘‘(B) may provide to each State, in accord-
ance with the regulations, a grant to assist, or 
provide reimbursement for costs incurred by, 
schools and educational facilities licensed by the 
State in carrying out testing and remediation 
described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The regulations shall 
provide that a copy of the results of any testing 
at a school or educational facility under para-
graph (1) shall be available in the reception 
area and administrative offices of the school or 
facility for inspection by the public, including— 
‘‘(i) teachers and other school or facil-
ity personnel; and 
‘‘(ii) parents and legal guardians of 
students attending the school or facility. 
‘‘(B) 
NOTIFICATION.—The 
regulations 
shall provide that each school and educational 
facility licensed by a State shall notify parent, 
teacher, and employee organizations of the 
availability of testing results described in sub-
paragraph (A). 
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‘‘(3) DRINKING WATER COOLERS.—In the case 
of drinking water coolers, the regulations promul-
gated under paragraph (1)(A) shall provide that, 
under the program established by a State under the 
regulations, each school and educational facility li-
censed by the State shall carry out appropriate 
measures for the reduction or elimination of lead 
contamination from drinking water coolers that are 
located in the school or facility and are not lead free 
necessary to ensure that, not later than the date 
that is 15 months after the date of enactment of the 
Lead-Free Drinking Water Act of 2007, all such 
drinking water coolers in the school or facility are 
repaired, replaced, permanently removed, or ren-
dered inoperable (unless the drinking water cooler is 
tested and determined, within the limits of testing 
accuracy, not to contribute lead to drinking water). 
‘‘(4) FEDERAL AUTHORITY.—In a case in which 
a State does not carry out the responsibilities of the 
State under this subsection, the Administrator shall 
carry out such a program or such responsibilities on 
behalf of the State. 
‘‘(5) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
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to carry out this subsection $30,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013. 
‘‘(B) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—A 
State (or, in a case in which the Administrator 
implements this subsection under paragraph 
(4), the Administrator) may use not more than 
5 percent of amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 
year to pay administrative expenses incurred in 
carrying out this subsection for the fiscal 
year.’’. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 1414(i)(1) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(i)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1417’’ and inserting ‘‘1417,’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘or 1445’’ and inserting ‘‘1445, 
or 1464(d)’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1465 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–25) is repealed. 
SEC. 9. REVISION OF REGULATIONS. 
In revising the national primary drinking water regu-
lation for lead under section 1412(b)(16) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (as added by section 2), the Adminis-
trator shall ensure that the revised regulation incorporates 
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all applicable requirements of this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act. 
Æ 
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