[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4805 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4805
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to
establish a program to make grants to States to assist local
educational agencies in voluntary installation and maintenance of
filtration stations at schools and child care programs, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 29, 2021
Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Norton, Mr.
Blumenauer, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr.
Lowenthal, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Payne, Mr. Evans, Ms.
Newman, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Lee of California, and Ms. Meng) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to
establish a program to make grants to States to assist local
educational agencies in voluntary installation and maintenance of
filtration stations at schools and child care programs, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Safe School Drinking Water Act''.
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR INSTALLATION OF FILTRATION STATIONS AT
SCHOOLS AND CHILD CARE PROGRAMS.
Section 1464 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-24) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Grant Program for Installation and Maintenance of Filtration
Stations.--
``(1) Program.--The Administrator shall establish a program
to make grants to States to assist local educational agencies
in voluntary installation and maintenance of filtration
stations at schools and child care programs under the
jurisdiction of the local educational agencies.
``(2) Direct grants to local educational agencies.--The
Administrator may make a grant described in paragraph (1)
directly available to--
``(A) any local educational agency described in
clause (i) or (iii) of subsection (d)(1)(B) located in
a State that does not participate in the program
established under paragraph (1); or
``(B) any local educational agency described in
clause (ii) of subsection (d)(1)(B).
``(3) Use of funds.--Grants made under the program
established under this subsection may be used to pay the costs
of--
``(A) installation and maintenance of filtration
stations at schools and child care programs; and
``(B) annual testing of drinking water at such
schools and child care programs following the
installation of filtration stations.
``(4) Priority.--In making grants under the program
established under this subsection, the Administrator shall give
priority to States and local educational agencies that will
assist in voluntary installation and maintenance of filtration
stations at schools and child care programs that are in low-
income areas.
``(5) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall establish
guidance to carry out the program established under this
subsection.
``(6) No prior testing required.--The program established
under this subsection shall not require testing for lead
contamination in drinking water at schools and child care
programs prior to participation in such program.
``(7) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Child care program and local educational
agency.--The terms `child care program' and `local
educational agency' have the meaning given such terms
in subsection (d).
``(B) Filtration station.--The term `filtration
station' means an apparatus that--
``(i) is connected to building plumbing;
``(ii) is certified to the latest version
of NSF/ANSI 53 for lead reduction and NSF/ANSI
42 for particulate reduction (Class I) by a
certification body accredited by the American
National Standards Institute National
Accreditation Board;
``(iii) has an indicator to show filter
performance;
``(iv) can fill bottles or containers for
water consumption; and
``(v) allows users to drink directly from a
stream of flowing water.
``(8) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $100,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.''.
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