I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5833 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to address lead contamination in 
school drinking water, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2016 
Ms. DUCKWORTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to address lead 
contamination in school drinking water, 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 of 
Schools Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SCHOOL TESTING AND NOTIFICATION; GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1464 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C.300j–24) is amended by striking subsection (d) and 
inserting the following: 
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‘‘(d) TESTING AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS THAT SERVE SCHOOLS.— 
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of 
this subsection, the Administrator shall promulgate a na-
tional primary drinking water regulation for lead that— 
‘‘(1) establishes an action level for lead con-
tamination in school drinking water; 
‘‘(2) requires each public water system to sam-
ple drinking water at schools the public water sys-
tem serves for lead on a regular basis, as determined 
by the Administrator; and 
‘‘(3) requires a public water system, if the re-
sults of such sampling indicate that school drinking 
water contains lead at or exceeding the action level 
established by the Administrator, to notify the local 
educational agency that has jurisdiction over the 
school, the relevant local health agencies, the munici-
pality, and the State as soon as possible, but not 
later than five business days after the date on which 
the public water system receives the test results. 
‘‘(e) SCHOOL AND CHILD CARE LEAD TESTING AND 
REMEDY GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, the Administrator shall establish a grant 
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program to provide funds to eligible entities to test 
for, and remedy, lead contamination in school drink-
ing water. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that 
receives a grant pursuant to this subsection 
may use grant funds— 
‘‘(i) to recover the costs incurred by 
the eligible entity of testing for lead con-
tamination in drinking water at schools, 
conducted by an entity approved by the 
Administrator or the State to conduct such 
testing; or 
‘‘(ii) to replace lead pipes, pipe fit-
tings, plumbing fittings, and fixtures with 
pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings, and 
fixtures that are lead free (as defined in 
section 1417) at any school that has lead 
in its drinking water at a level that meets 
or exceeds the action level established by 
the Administrator pursuant to subsection 
(d). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 per-
cent of grant funds received under this sub-
section may be used to pay administrative costs 
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