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To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish deadlines for promulgation of national primary drinking water regulations for certain contaminants, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-2094| House 
| Updated: 4/14/2017
Josh Gottheimer

Josh Gottheimer

Democratic Representative

New Jersey

Cosponsors (1)
Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)

Environment Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Lead Free Schools Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper within nine months. The revised regulations must ensure that: corrosion controls are reevaluated anytime source water or treatment is changed; test results are valid by prohibiting techniques that artificially lower lead levels; monitoring includes school sites for all public water systems serving schools; notification of lead problems is clear and effective; and lead service lines, which are controlled by public water systems, are fully replaced on a set timetable and whenever contamination is detected. The EPA must: (1) publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds within two years, and (2) determine whether to regulate 1,4-dioxane within two years. The EPA must establish a grant program for replacing drinking water fountains manufactured prior to 1988 that are located in schools or day care facilities with fountains that are lead free. The bill reauthorizes for FY2018-FY2022 the voluntary school and child care program lead testing grant program.
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Timeline
Apr 14, 2017
Introduced in House
Apr 14, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Apr 14, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • April 14, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • April 14, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.


  • April 14, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Environmental Protection

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  • HR 115-3106: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds (including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid), and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-4908: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance to schools to replace drinking water fountains that may contain lead, and for other purposes.
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To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish deadlines for promulgation of national primary drinking water regulations for certain contaminants, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-2094| House 
| Updated: 4/14/2017
Lead Free Schools Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper within nine months. The revised regulations must ensure that: corrosion controls are reevaluated anytime source water or treatment is changed; test results are valid by prohibiting techniques that artificially lower lead levels; monitoring includes school sites for all public water systems serving schools; notification of lead problems is clear and effective; and lead service lines, which are controlled by public water systems, are fully replaced on a set timetable and whenever contamination is detected. The EPA must: (1) publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds within two years, and (2) determine whether to regulate 1,4-dioxane within two years. The EPA must establish a grant program for replacing drinking water fountains manufactured prior to 1988 that are located in schools or day care facilities with fountains that are lead free. The bill reauthorizes for FY2018-FY2022 the voluntary school and child care program lead testing grant program.
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Timeline
Apr 14, 2017
Introduced in House
Apr 14, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Apr 14, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • April 14, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • April 14, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.


  • April 14, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Josh Gottheimer

Josh Gottheimer

Democratic Representative

New Jersey

Cosponsors (1)
Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)

Environment Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee

Environmental Protection

Related Bills

  • HR 115-2479: To rebuild and modernize the Nation's infrastructure to expand access to broadband internet, rehabilitate drinking water infrastructure, modernize the electric grid and energy supply infrastructure, redevelop brownfields, strengthen health care infrastructure, create jobs, protect public health and the environment, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-3106: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds (including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid), and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-4908: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance to schools to replace drinking water fountains that may contain lead, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresChild healthEducational facilities and institutionsEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresHazardous wastes and toxic substancesMetalsWater qualityWater use and supply