Safe Drinking Water in Public Playgrounds, Parks, and Libraries Act

Bill: 117-hr-3423
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-20
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Child health

Educational facilities and institutions

Elementary and secondary education

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Libraries and archives

Parks, recreation areas, trails

Water quality

Water resources funding

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Safe Drinking Water in Public Playgrounds, Parks, and Libraries Act</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3423 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2021 Ms. Meng (for herself, Ms. Bush , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Kilmer , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Nadler , Ms. Norton , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Rush , Mr. Sires , Mr. Suozzi , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Torres of New York , Ms. Velázquez , and Mrs. Watson Coleman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for drinking water fountain replacement in public playgrounds, parks, and libraries, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Drinking Water in Public Playgrounds, Parks, and Libraries Act . 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: 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. .