Sec. 3. Lead testing in Department of Defense Education Activity schools
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The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that all covered schools are tested for— the presence of lead-based paint; and the presence of lead in drinking water. In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that tests are performed in accordance with regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency. Not later than one day after a test carried out pursuant to this subsection detects the presence of lead-based paint in, or lead in the drinking water of, a covered school, the Secretary shall notify of such result— the parents or legal guardians of students attending such covered school; and the employees of such covered school.
The Secretary shall undertake activities necessary to mitigate the presence of lead in a covered school in which lead is detected as a result of a test performed pursuant to subsection (a). In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure mitigation is undertaken in accordance with regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Secretary shall complete all actions required pursuant to subsections
(a)and
(b)not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing information on activities carried out under this section, including— the number of covered schools tested for lead-based paint; the number of covered schools tested for lead in drinking water; for each covered school at which testing was performed, the results of the testing; for each covered school at which testing was not performed, an explanation for the failure to perform the testing; and for each covered school in which lead was detected, the activities undertaken to mitigate the presence of lead. In this section, the term covered school means the following: A school owned or operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity. A school with which the Secretary has entered into a contract or otherwise entered into an arrangement to provide educational programs under— section 2164 of title 10, United States Code; or section 1402 of the Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978 ( 20 U.S.C. 921 ).
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Lead testing in Department of Defense Education Activity schools
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