Title: Lead Free Schools Act of 2017
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Lead Free Schools Act of 2017
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper within nine months. The revised regulations must ensure that:
The EPA must: (1) publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds within two years, and (2) determine whether to regulate 1,4-dioxane within two years.
The EPA must establish a grant program for replacing drinking water fountains manufactured prior to 1988 that are located in schools or day care facilities with fountains that are lead free.
The bill reauthorizes for FY2018-FY2022 the voluntary school and child care program lead testing grant program.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2094 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2094

    To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish deadlines for 
promulgation of national primary drinking water regulations for certain 
                 contaminants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2017

    Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish deadlines for 
promulgation of national primary drinking water regulations for certain 
                 contaminants, 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 ``Lead Free Schools Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR REGULATION OF CONTAMINANTS.

    Section 1412(b)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-
1(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Lead and copper rule.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any 
                        other deadline established in this subsection, 
                        not later than 9 months after the date of 
                        enactment of the Lead Free Schools Act of 2017, 
                        the Administrator shall issue revised national 
                        primary drinking water regulations for lead and 
                        copper.
                            ``(ii) Requirements.--The revised 
                        regulations issued under clause (i) shall 
                        ensure that--
                                    ``(I) corrosion controls are 
                                reevaluated anytime source water or 
                                treatment is changed;
                                    ``(II) test results are valid, by 
                                prohibiting techniques that 
                                artificially lower lead levels, 
                                including flushing before samples are 
                                taken;
                                    ``(III) monitoring includes school 
                                sites for all public water systems 
                                serving schools (as defined in section 
                                1461);
                                    ``(IV) notification of lead 
                                problems is clear and effective, 
                                including, to the extent practicable, 
                                notification, at least annually, of any 
                                testing and such problems at school 
                                sites on the Internet website of the 
                                applicable local educational agency; 
                                and
                                    ``(V) lead service lines are fully 
                                replaced on a set timetable and 
                                whenever contamination is detected.
                            ``(iii) Scope of lead line replacement 
                        requirements.--Requirements to replace lead 
                        service lines under the revised regulations 
                        issued under clause (i) shall extend to all 
                        service lines controlled by public water 
                        systems, regardless of ownership.
                    ``(E) Perfluorinated compounds.--Notwithstanding 
                any other deadline established in this subsection, not 
                later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 
                Lead Free Schools Act of 2017, the Administrator shall 
                publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate 
                a national primary drinking water regulation for 
                perfluorinated compounds.
                    ``(F) 1,4-dioxane.--Notwithstanding any other 
                deadline established in this subsection, not later than 
                2 years after the date of enactment of the Lead Free 
                Schools Act of 2017, the Administrator shall make a 
                determination, pursuant to paragraph (1)(B)(ii), on 
                whether to regulate 1,4-dioxane under this section.''.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF LEAD SERVICE LINE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300f) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(17) Lead service line.--The term `lead service line' 
        means a pipe and its fittings, which are not lead free (as 
        defined in section 1417(d)), that connect the drinking water 
        main to the building inlet.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1459B(a) of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19b(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).

SEC. 4. COMPETITIVE GRANT PILOT PROGRAM FOR DRINKING WATER FOUNTAIN 
              REPLACEMENT FOR SCHOOLS.

    (a) In General.--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. 1465. COMPETITIVE GRANT PILOT PROGRAM FOR DRINKING WATER 
              FOUNTAIN REPLACEMENT FOR SCHOOLS.

    ``(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Administrator shall establish a 
competitive pilot grant program to provide assistance to local 
educational agencies for the replacement of drinking water fountains 
manufactured prior to 1988.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Funds awarded under the competitive pilot 
grant program--
            ``(1) shall be used to pay the costs of replacement of 
        drinking water fountains in schools; and
            ``(2) shall be awarded on a competitive basis, as 
        determined by the Administrator.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section not more than $5,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 1461(5) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j-21(5)) is amended by inserting ``or drinking water 
fountain'' after ``water cooler'' each place it appears.

SEC. 5. SCHOOL REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM.

    Section 1464(d)(7) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
24(d)(7)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$20,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$100,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``2017 through 2021'' and inserting ``2018 
        through 2022''.
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