Safe Drinking Water in Public Playgrounds, Parks, and Libraries Act
Bill: H.R.3423 | Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace (D-NY)
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Safe Drinking Water in Public Playgrounds, Parks, and Libraries Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to provide assistance to states and municipalities for the replacement of drinking water fountains that were manufactured prior to 2014 and are located in certain playgrounds, parks, or libraries.

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for drinking water 
 fountain replacement in public playgrounds, parks, and libraries, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe Drinking Water in Public 
Playgrounds, Parks, and Libraries Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS, AND LIBRARIES.

    (a) 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, 
              PARKS, AND LIBRARIES.

    ``(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 playgrounds, parks, or libraries owned by (or libraries 
located in) States or municipalities, of drinking water fountains, 
including any lead service line that supplies the fountains, 
manufactured prior to 2014.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Funds awarded under the grant program--
            ``(1) shall be used to pay the costs of replacing drinking 
        water fountains, in playgrounds, parks, or libraries owned by 
        (or libraries located in) a State or municipality receiving 
        such funds, with plumbing endpoint devices certified by a third 
        party certification body accredited by the ANSI National 
        Accreditation Board as meeting the NSF/ANSI/CAN 61: Q1 
        standard, and, for endpoint devices connected to premises 
        plumbing, with filters installed at the point where water is 
        dispensed from the device and is certified as compliant with 
        NSF International/American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 
        Standard 53-2017, Drinking Water Treatment Units - Health 
        Effects published by NSF International, and incorporates an 
        integral performance indication device as specified in section 
        6.1 of NSF/ANSI standard 53-2017, or any more stringent 
        requirements adopted thereafter;
            ``(2) may be used to pay the costs of monitoring and 
        reporting of lead levels in the drinking water of playgrounds, 
        parks, and libraries owned by (or libraries located in) a State 
        or municipality receiving such funds, as determined appropriate 
        by the Administrator; and
            ``(3) shall be used to pay the cost of replacing lead 
        service lines servicing the water fountains.
    ``(c) Priority.--In awarding funds under the grant program, the 
Administrator shall give priority to--
            ``(1) projects and activities that benefit an underserved 
        community or a disadvantaged community; and
            ``(2) applications for projects that replace pre-1988 water 
        fountains.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            ``(1) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
            ``(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
            ``(3) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;
            ``(4) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and
            ``(5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 1461 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j-21) is amended 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 `playground or park' 
        means an indoor or outdoor park, building, site, or other 
        facility, including any parking lot appurtenant thereto, that 
        is intended for recreation purposes.
            ``(10) Underserved community.--The term `underserved 
        community' has the meaning given such term in section 1459A.
            ``(11) Library.--The term `library' includes--
                    ``(A) a public library;
                    ``(B) a public elementary school or secondary 
                school library;
                    ``(C) a tribal library;
                    ``(D) an academic library;
                    ``(E) a research library, which, for purposes of 
                this subchapter means a library that--
                            ``(i) makes publicly available library 
                        services and materials suitable for scholarly 
                        research that are not otherwise available to 
                        the public; and
                            ``(ii) is not an integral part of an 
                        institution of higher education; and
                    ``(F) a private library or other special library, 
                but only if the State in which the private or special 
                library is located determines that the library should 
                be considered a library for purposes of this part.''.
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