‘‘(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, SOLDER, AND.— 
‘‘(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).
‘‘(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 2005, no person may 
use any high lead pipe, or pipe or 
plumbing fitting or fixture, in the in-
stallation or repair of— 
‘‘(aa) (aa) any public water 
system; or 
‘‘(bb) (bb) any plumbing in 
a residential or nonresidential fa-
cility providing water for human 
ingestion (including water for 
bathing). 
‘‘(II) 
PROHIBITION.—On 
and 
after the date that is 5 years after the 
date of enactment of the Lead-Free 
Drinking Water Act of 2005, 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—
‘‘(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 2005, 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:
‘‘(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 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
subparagraph, revising NSF/ANSI standard 
number 61 such that the NSF Test Statistic Q 
applicable to plumbing fittings and fixtures 
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 2 years after the 
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 2005, 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 
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). 
‘‘(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 2005, 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 
to carry out this subsection $30,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.
‘‘(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
all applicable requirements of this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act.
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