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H.R. 852: Get the Lead Out of Schools Act

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H.R. 852: Get the Lead Out of Schools Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-29 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Get the Lead Out of Schools Act

Plain summary

Get the Lead Out of Schools Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to (1) test for lead in drinking water at schools and day care facilities, and (2) create a grant program for lead testing and remediation efforts in schools and day care facilities. Specifically, the EPA must promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for schools and day care facilities that establishes a lead action level (a level of lead in drinking water that triggers additional actions to control lead contamination) that is no more than 15 parts per billion; directs each public water system to sample for lead in the drinking water at schools and day care facilities if the EPA determines there is a risk that the lead in the drinking water will meet or exceed the action level; and requires public water systems that serve schools or day cares that meet or exceed the action level to notify the local educational agency, the relevant local health agencies, the municipality, and the state as soon as practicable, but no later than 24 hours after the system receives the sampling results. The EPA must also establish a grant program for (1) testing drinking water in schools and day care facilities for lead contamination, and (2) remediating lead contamination in such drinking water by replacing lead pipes and certain plumbing materials with lead-free material.

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Official text

Get the Lead Out of Schools Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] · 60 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mike Quigley (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), André Carson (D-IN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Lauren Underwood (D-IL)

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A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr852 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116