Title: Safe Drinking Water in Playgrounds and Parks Act
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Safe Drinking Water in Playgrounds and Parks Act
This bill expands an existing grant program that provides assistance to local education agencies for replacing school drinking water fountains that were manufactured prior to 1988 to include such drinking water fountains located in playgrounds and parks owned or administered by schools. Additionally, the Environmental Protection Agency must establish a grant program to provide assistance to states and municipalities for the replacement of drinking water fountains that were manufactured prior to 1988 and are located in playgrounds or parks owned by states or municipalities.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3949 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2019

   Ms. Meng 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 provide for drinking water 
 fountain replacement in playgrounds and parks, 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 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--
            (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 playgrounds 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 replacement of 
        drinking water fountains in playgrounds or parks owned by a 
        State or municipality receiving such funds; and
            ``(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 municipality receiving such funds, 
        as determined appropriate 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 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.''.
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