HR 6061 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

No Lead in School Water Act

Introduced Sep 15, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Jackie Speier D-CA

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Latest action · Sep 15, 2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 15, 2016
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

No Lead in School Water Act

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2022 a grant program for state programs that test and remediate lead contamination in the drinking water of schools and day care facilities.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 15, 2016 to Nov 14, 2016; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-WIMark PocanOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-WIRon KindOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalSep 15, 2016
D-GAJohn LewisSep 20, 2016
D-OHMarcy KapturSep 20, 2016
D-CAZoe LofgrenSep 21, 2016
D-CAJerry McNerneyNov 14, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Sep 15, 2016

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 15, 2016Introduced in House
  2. Sep 15, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 140, September 15, 2016, page H5525.

CRS reports 1

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Cite it 1

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Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to make grants to States that establish and carry out programs to assist local educational agencies in testing for, and remedying, lead contamination in drinking water from any source of lead contamination at schools under the jurisdiction of such agencies.
Short Titles as Introduced
No Lead in School Water Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 15, 2016Introduced in House

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