I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3949 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for drinking water fountain 
replacement in playgrounds and parks, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2019 
Ms. MENG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for drink-
ing water fountain replacement in playgrounds and 
parks, 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 ‘‘Safe Drinking Water 
in Playgrounds and Parks Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DRINKING WATER FOUNTAIN REPLACEMENT FOR 
PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS. 
(a) 
PLAYGROUNDS
AND
PARKS
OWNED
BY 
SCHOOLS.—Section 1465(b) of the Safe Drinking Water 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–25(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, including 
in playgrounds and parks owned or administered by 
schools’’ after ‘‘schools’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘including in 
playgrounds and parks owned or administered by 
such schools,’’ after ‘‘such funds,’’. 
(b) PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS OR PARKS.— 
(1) GRANT
PROGRAM.—Part F of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–21 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1466. DRINKING WATER FOUNTAIN REPLACEMENT IN 
PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator 
shall establish a grant program to provide assistance to 
States and municipalities for the replacement, in play-
grounds or parks owned by States or municipalities, of 
drinking water fountains manufactured prior to 1988. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under the 
grant program— 
‘‘(1) shall be used to pay the costs of replace-
ment of drinking water fountains in playgrounds or 
parks owned by a State or municipality receiving 
such funds; and 
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‘‘(2) may be used to pay the costs of monitoring 
and reporting of lead levels in the drinking water of 
playgrounds or parks owned by a State or munici-
pality receiving such funds, as determined appro-
priate by the Administrator. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding funds under the grant 
program, the Administrator shall give priority to projects 
and activities that benefit an underserved community or 
a disadvantaged community. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025.’’. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1461 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–21) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘disadvantaged community’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 1452(d)(3). 
‘‘(9) PLAYGROUND OR PARK.—The term ‘play-
ground or park’ means an indoor or outdoor park, 
building, site, or other facility, including any parking 
lot appurtenant thereto, that is intended for recre-
ation purposes. 
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‘‘(10) UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘underserved community’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 1459A.’’. 
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