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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§300j–25 Drinking Water Fountain Replacement for Schools

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XII — SAFETY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Part F — Additional Requirements To Regulate Safety of Drinking Water › § 300j–25

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Set up a grant program within 1 year after October 23, 2018 to help local educational agencies replace drinking water fountains made before 1988. Grants must pay for replacements and may pay for lead monitoring and reporting if the Administrator approves. Priority goes to agencies with greater economic need. $5,000,000 is authorized for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2021.

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Title 42, §300j–25

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Establishment
Not later than 1 year after October 23, 2018, the Administrator shall establish a grant program to provide assistance to local educational agencies for the replacement of drinking water fountains manufactured prior to 1988.
(b)Use of funds
Funds awarded under the grant program—
(1)shall be used to pay the costs of replacement of drinking water fountains in schools; and
(2)may be used to pay the costs of monitoring and reporting of lead levels in the drinking water of schools of a local educational agency receiving such funds, as determined appropriate by the Administrator.
(c)Priority
In awarding funds under the grant program, the Administrator shall give priority to local educational agencies based on economic need.
(d)Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2021.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 300j–25, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1465, as added Pub. L. 100–572, § 2(a), Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2887; amended Pub. L. 104–182, title V, § 501(d), (f)(11), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1691, 1692, related to Federal assistance for State programs regarding lead contamination in school drinking water, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114–322, title II, § 2107(b), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1728.

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42 U.S.C. § 300j–25

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110