True LEADership Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2821
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2016-04-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Appropriations
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Housing supply and affordability
Immunology and vaccination
Income tax credits
Infrastructure development
Low- and moderate-income housing
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Metals
Minority health
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
Public-private cooperation
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Securities
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Technology assessment
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: 

Testing, Removal, and Updated Evaluations of Lead Everywhere in America for Dramatic Enhancements that Restore Safety to Homes, Infrastructure, and Pipes Act of 2016 or the
 
True LEADership Act of 2016

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)to establish grant programs to assist communities and states fund projects that reduce lead in drinking water. 
 
The bill establishes a mandatory reporting requirement for states to report elevated levels of lead in children's blood to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the EPA to promulgate lead and copper pipe regulations that would set household action levels for lead and copper in drinking water.The EPA must develop a process to protect and improve the drinking water of minority, tribal, and low-income communities.Additionally, the EPA must establish a voluntary school and child care lead testing grant program.
 
The bill creates a new tax credit for homeowners to invest in eliminating lead hazards.Additionally, the bill revises how the Department of Housing and Urban Development deals with lead in homes.
 
The EPA must establish a grant program to accelerate the testing, deployment and commercialization of new drinking water technologies.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is authorized to provide funding from its disaster relief fund in response to a major incident of lead contamination in drinking water.
 
The bill creates a grant program for local educational agencies to assist children that have been affected by lead poisoning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Introduced in Senate