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HR 6396 112th Congress House

End Radon in Schools Act

Official title: To establish a grant program to test and mitigate radon levels in public schools, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 13, 2012 See on congress.gov
Education Air qualityChild healthEducation programs fundingEducational facilities and institutions
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Elementary and secondary educationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchHazardous wastes and toxic substancesRadiation
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Sep 14, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Sep 13, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 13, 2012
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 Latest action September 14, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End Radon in Schools Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review, update, revise, and publish the Radon Measurements In Schools Guidelines with current information and guidance on radon testing in public elementary and secondary schools.

Directs the Administrator, subject to the availability of appropriations, to award grants to states to: (1) follow the updated Guidelines, (2) conduct short-term tests of radon levels in their public elementary and secondary schools, and (3) provide funds to their local educational agencies (LEAs) to mitigate and reevaluate radon levels in schools found to have unsafe quantities of radon.

Requires the Administrator to conduct such mitigation directly or by contract if an LEA does not certify to its state that it will use grant funds to mitigate unsafe radon levels at its schools.

Considers radon levels of at least four picocuries per liter to be unsafe.

Gives grant priority to states whose total landmass lies in Radon Zone 1.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6396: End Radon in Schools Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6396/
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