HR 6525 114th Congress House

Lead-free Students Act

Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require students to undergo lead screenings.

Introduced: December 8, 2016 Introduced by: Watson Coleman, Bonnie Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov

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Introduced in House

Dec 8, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Lead-free Students Act

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require a local education agency, as a condition of receiving ESEA funds, to require a student to undergo blood lead-level testing prior to enrolling in an elementary school for the first time.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6525: Lead-free Students Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6525/

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"H.R. 6525: Lead-free Students Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6525/.

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H.R. 6525, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6525/.

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