Get the Lead Out of Schools Act
Latest action · Jan 29, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 29, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Get the Lead Out of Schools Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to (1) test for lead in drinking water at schools and day care facilities, and (2) create a grant program for lead testing and remediation efforts in schools and day care facilities.
Specifically, the EPA must promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for schools and day care facilities that
- establishes a lead action level (a level of lead in drinking water that triggers additional actions to control lead contamination) that is no more than 15 parts per billion;
- directs each public water system to sample for lead in the drinking water at schools and day care facilities if the EPA determines there is a risk that the lead in the drinking water will meet or exceed the action level; and
- requires public water systems that serve schools or day cares that meet or exceed the action level to notify the local educational agency, the relevant local health agencies, the municipality, and the state as soon as practicable, but no later than 24 hours after the system receives the sampling results.
The EPA must also establish a grant program for (1) testing drinking water in schools and day care facilities for lead contamination, and (2) remediating lead contamination in such drinking water by replacing lead pipes and certain plumbing materials with lead-free material.
Cosponsors 60
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2019 to Nov 17, 2020, with 38 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Jan 29, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 29, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 29, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Government information and archives
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 29, 2019Introduced in House
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