TEST for Lead Act

Bill: 114-hr-4879
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2016-03-23
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Child health

Educational facilities and institutions

Elementary and secondary education

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Environmental health

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Water quality

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Transparent Environment in School Testing for Lead Act or the</b> <b>TEST for Lead Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to condition a state's receipt of funding from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund on the state establishing a program to test for lead in school drinking water.</p> <p>Program requirements include testing water from: (1) faucets used for food preparation, (2)sinks in bathrooms, and (3)drinking water coolers.Testing must be conducted at least biannually at schools built prior to 1996 and at least annually at schools built in 1996 or after.</p> <p>Additionally, local education agencies must notify parents, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state in which they are located within 48 hours if a level of lead exceeds the EPA's lead action level.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4879 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2016 Mr. Payne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to condition a State’s receipt of funds for a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund on such State carrying out a program to test for lead in drinking water for schools.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparent Environment in School Testing for Lead Act or the TEST for Lead Act . 2. Testing for lead in drinking water for schools Section 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–24(d) ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: (1) Programs to test lead contamination in schools To be eligible to receive funds under section 1452, a State (as defined in section 1401(13)(A)), shall carry out a program, consistent with this section, to assist local educational agencies in testing for lead contamination in drinking water from sources of lead contamination at schools under the jurisdiction of such agencies. ; (2) by striking paragraph (3); (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Testing requirements A program carried out under paragraph (1) shall require testing of drinking water, including testing of water from faucets used for food preparation, sinks in lavatories, and drinking water coolers, for lead— (A) at schools built prior to 1996, at least biannually; and (B) at schools built in 1996 or after, at least annually. ; and (5) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section)— (A) by striking A copy and inserting: (A) In general A copy ; (B) by inserting under a program carried out before under paragraph (1) ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (B) Emergency notification If a level of lead that exceeds a lead action level, as identified by the Environmental Protection Agency, is discovered in drinking water at a school pursuant to testing under a program carried out under paragraph (1), the local educational agency with jurisdiction over such school shall notify parents, the Administrator, and the State of such elevated lead level not later than 48 hours after such discovery. .