,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhgi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjaf    
,mr4 ,payne introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,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 schools4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,transparent ,environment in    
,school ,testing for ,lead ,act or the  
,,test for ,lead ,act4  #b4 ,testing for
 lead in drinking water for schools     
,section #adfd7;d7 of the ,safe         
,drinking ,water ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#cjj;j-#bd7;d77 is amended--  7#a7 by   
striking paragraph 7#a7 and inserting   
the following3  7#a7 ,programs to test  
lead contamination in schools ,to be    
eligible to receive funds under section 
#adeb1 a ,state 7as defined in section  

#adja7ac77;,a771 shall carry out a      
program1 consistent with this section1  
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 agencies4  2  7#b7 
by striking paragraph 7#c72  7#c7 by    
redesignating paragraph 7#b7 as         
paragraph 7#c72  7#d7 by inserting after
 paragraph 7#a7 the following3  7#b7    
,testing requirements ,a program carried
 out under paragraph 7#a7 shall require 
testing of drinking water1 including    
testing of water from faucets used for  
food preparation1 sinks in lavatories1  
and drinking water coolers1 for lead--  
7,a7 at schools built prior to #aiif1 at
 least biannually2 and  7,b7 at schools 
built in #aiif or after1 at least       
annually4  2 and  7#e7 in paragraph 7#c7
 7as redesignated by paragraph 7#c7 of  
this section7-- 7,a7 by striking ,a copy
 and inserting3  7,a7 ,in general ,a    
copy  2  7,b7 by inserting under a      

program carried out before under        
paragraph 7#a72 and  7,c7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7,b7 ,emergency 
notification ,if a level of lead that   
exceeds a lead action level1 as         
identified by the ,environmental        
,protection ,agency1 is discovered in   
drinking water at a school pursuant to  
testing under a program carried out     
under paragraph 7#a71 the local         
educational agency with jurisdiction    
over such school shall notify parents1  
the ,administrator1 and the ,state of   
such elevated lead level not later than 
#dh hours after such discovery4  4