Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Transparent Environment in School Testing for Lead Act” or the “TEST for Lead Act”.
Transparent Environment in School Testing for Lead Act
A BILL
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to condition a State’s receipt of funds for a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund on such State carrying out a program to test for lead in drinking water for schools.
Sec. 2 Testing for lead in drinking water for schools
Section 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)) is amended—
by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
“(1) Programs to test lead contamination in schools—To be eligible to receive funds under section 1452, a State (as defined in section 1401(13)(A)), shall carry out a program, consistent with this section, to assist local educational agencies in testing for lead contamination in drinking water from sources of lead contamination at schools under the jurisdiction of such agencies.”
by striking paragraph (3);
by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
“(2) Testing requirements—A program carried out under paragraph (1) shall require testing of drinking water, including testing of water from faucets used for food preparation, sinks in lavatories, and drinking water coolers, for lead—
“(A) at schools built prior to 1996, at least biannually; and
“(B) at schools built in 1996 or after, at least annually.”
in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section)—
by striking “A copy” and inserting:
“(A) In general—A copy”
by inserting “under a program carried out” before “under paragraph (1)”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(B) Emergency notification—If a level of lead that exceeds a lead action level, as identified by the Environmental Protection Agency, is discovered in drinking water at a school pursuant to testing under a program carried out under paragraph (1), the local educational agency with jurisdiction over such school shall notify parents, the Administrator, and the State of such elevated lead level not later than 48 hours after such discovery.”