,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ad1 #bjba,mr4  
,norcross introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require the ,administrator of the       
,environmental ,protection ,agency to   
develop guidance for identifying        
high-risk locations to focus lead       
reduction efforts1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,lead ,elimination  
and ,data ,guidance ,act or the ,,lead  
,guidance ,act4  #b4 ,identification of 
high-risk locations  7a7 ,development of
 guidance  7#a7 ,in general ,in         
accordance with the deadline established
 in subsection 7b71 the ,administrator  
of the ,environmental ,protection       
,agency shall develop guidance to help  
public water systems identify high-risk 
locations for purposes of focusing      
efforts to-- 7,a7 test drinking water   
for the concentration of lead in such   

drinking water2 and  7,b7 replace lead  
service lines4  7#b7 ,use of data ,the  
guidance developed under paragraph 7#a7 
shall include information on how a      
public water system may use data from   
the ,american ,community ,survey        
conducted by the ,department of         
,commerce and1 where available1         
geospatial data to identify high-risk   
locations for the purposes described in 
subsection 7a74  7b7 ,availability of   
guidance ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,administrator of the ,environmental   
,protection ,agency shall-- 7#a7 publish
 the guidance developed under subsection
 7a7 in the ,federal ,register2 and     
7#b7 make such guidance available on a  
publicly accessible website4  7c7       
,report ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall submit to the 
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  

appropriate committee of the ,senate a  
report that-- 7#a7 includes the guidance
 developed under subsection 7a72  7#b7  
describes the methodology used to       
develop such guidance2 and  7#c7        
provides information about who was      
consulted in the development of such    
guidance4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this    
,act3 7#a7 ,high-risk location ,the term
 high-risk location means an area-- 7,a7
 that is likely to have lead service    
lines2 and  7,b7 in which an            
environmental justice community is      
located4  7#b7 ,lead service line ,the  
term lead service line has the meaning  
given such term in section #adei;,b7a7  
of the ,safe ,drinking ,water ,act 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;j-#ai;b7a774  7#c7       
,public water system ,the term public   
water system has the meaning given such 
term in section #adja of the ,safe      
,drinking ,water ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#cjj;f74