,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhcj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bj1    
#bjaf ,mr4 ,schumer 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,booker7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,safe ,drinking ,water ,act to provide 
for a school and child care lead testing
 grant program4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,lead ,testing 
in ,school and ,child ,care ,drinking   
,water ,act of #bjaf4  #b4 ,voluntary   
school and child care lead testing grant
 program  7a7 ,in general ,section #adfd
 of the ,safe ,drinking ,water ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;j-#bd7 is amended by    
striking subsection 7d7 and inserting   
the following3  7d7 ,voluntary school   
and child care lead testing grant       
program  7#a7 ,definitions ,in this     
subsection3 7,a7 ,child care program    
,the term child care program has the    
meaning given the term early childhood  

education program in section #ajc of the
 ,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajjc74  7,b7 ,local          
educational agency ,the term local      
educational agency means-- 7i7 a local  
educational agency 7as defined in       
section #haja of the ,elementary and    
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja772  7ii7 a tribal      
education agency 7as defined in section 
#c of the ,national ,environmental      
,education ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #eejb772 
and  7iii7 an operator of a child care  
program facility4  7#b7 ,establishment  
7,a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj   
days after the date of enactment of the 
,lead ,testing in ,school and ,child    
,care ,drinking ,water ,act of #bjaf1   
the ,administrator shall establish a    
voluntary school and child care lead    
testing grant program to make grants    
available to ,states to assist local    
educational agencies in voluntary       
testing for lead contamination in       
drinking water at schools and child care

 programs under the jurisdiction of the 
local educational agencies4  7,b7       
,grants to local educational agencies   
,the ,administrator may make grants     
directly available to local educational 
agencies for the voluntary testing      
described in subparagraph 7,a7 in--  7i7
 any ,state that does not participate in
 the voluntary school and child care    
lead testing grant program established  
under that subparagraph2 and  7ii7 any  
direct implementation area4  7#c7       
,application ,to be eligible to receive 
a grant under this subsection1 a ,state 
or local educational agency shall submit
 to the ,administrator an application at
 such time1 in such manner1 and         
containing such information as the      
,administrator may require4  7#d7 ,use  
of funds  7,a7 ,in general ,a ,state or 
local educational agency that receives a
 grant under this subsection may use    
grant funds for the voluntary testing   
described in paragraph 7#b77;,a74  7,b7 
,limitation ,not more than #e percent of

 grant funds accepted under this        
subsection shall be used to pay the     
administrative costs of carrying out    
this subsection4  7#e7 ,guidance2 public
 availability ,as a condition of        
receiving a grant under this subsection1
 the ,state or local educational agency 
shall ensure that each local educational
 agency to which grant funds are        
distributed shall--  7,a7 expend grant  
funds in accordance with-- 7i7 the      
guidance of the ,environmental          
,protection ,agency entitled #c,ts for  
,reducing ,lead in ,drinking ,water in  
,schools3 ,revised ,technical ,guidance 
and dated ,october #bjjf 7or any        
successor guidance72 or  7ii7 applicable
 ,state regulations or guidance         
regarding reducing lead in drinking     
water in schools and child care programs
 that is not less stringent than the    
guidance referred to in clause 7i72 and 
7,b7 7i7 make available in the          
administrative offices1 and to the      
maximum extent practicable1 on the      

,internet website1 of the local         
educational agency for inspection by the
 public 7including teachers1 other      
school personnel1 and parents7 a copy of
 the results of any voluntary testing   
for lead contamination in school and    
child care program drinking water that  
is carried out with grant funds under   
this subsection2 and  7ii7 notify       
parent1 teacher1 and employee           
organizations of the availability of the
 results described in clause 7i74  7#f7 
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this subsection #ajj1jjj1jjj  
for fiscal year #bjag and each fiscal   
year thereafter4  4  7b7 ,repeal        
,section #adfe of the ,safe ,drinking   
,water ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;j-#be7  
is repealed4