To enable needed drinking water standards, reduce lead in drinking water, plan for and address threats from climate change, terrorism, and source water contamination, invest in drinking water infrastructure, increase compliance with drinking water standards, foster greater community right to know about drinking water quality, and promote technological solutions for drinking water challenges.
USA115th CongressHR-1068| House
| Updated: 2/17/2017
Frank Pallone
Democratic Representative
New Jersey
Cosponsors (10)
Environment Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise regulations for drinking water contaminants, including by: requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether or not to regulate no fewer than 10 contaminants every 3 years (current law requires 5 contaminants every 5 years); revising the process and requirements for setting maximum containment levels in national primary drinking water regulations; directing the EPA to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper; setting deadlines for the EPA to publish maximum contaminant level goals and promulgate national drinking water regulations for perchlorate, perfluorinated compounds, and microcystin (algal) toxin; establishing grant programs for reducing lead in drinking water in schools; requiring community water systems to assess their vulnerabilities to contamination, including vulnerabilities from climate change or sabotage, and develop plans for addressing those vulnerabilities; establishing the Drinking Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program, under which the EPA may award grants for community water systems to increase their resiliency to those threats; removing a regulatory exemption for hydraulic fracturing; requiring the EPA to develop a strategic plan for assessing and managing the risks of drought to drinking water provided by public water systems; revising requirements for the drinking water state revolving fund (SRF); creating a process for consolidating water systems that repeatedly fail to comply with drinking water standards; requiring the EPA to create an inventory of data about drinking water violations; directing the EPA to revise regulations for consumer confidence reports; establishing research grants for monitoring technology; and requiring the EPA to study the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water sources. The bill reauthorizes specified programs under the Act, including reauthorizing through FY2022 the SRF.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesAmerican SamoaAtmospheric science and weatherBusiness recordsBuy American requirementsChild healthCivil actions and liabilityClimate change and greenhouse gasesConsumer affairsDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careEnergy efficiency and conservationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental healthEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresEnvironmental technologyFloods and storm protectionGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsGuamHazardous wastes and toxic substancesHydrology and hydrographyInfrastructure developmentLabor standardsLow- and moderate-income housingMetalsNorthern Mariana IslandsOil and gasPollution liabilityPublic contracts and procurementPublic utilities and utility ratesResidential rehabilitation and home repairState and local financeState and local government operationsU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin IslandsWages and earningsWater qualityWater resources fundingWater storageWater use and supply
To enable needed drinking water standards, reduce lead in drinking water, plan for and address threats from climate change, terrorism, and source water contamination, invest in drinking water infrastructure, increase compliance with drinking water standards, foster greater community right to know about drinking water quality, and promote technological solutions for drinking water challenges.
USA115th CongressHR-1068| House
| Updated: 2/17/2017
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise regulations for drinking water contaminants, including by: requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether or not to regulate no fewer than 10 contaminants every 3 years (current law requires 5 contaminants every 5 years); revising the process and requirements for setting maximum containment levels in national primary drinking water regulations; directing the EPA to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper; setting deadlines for the EPA to publish maximum contaminant level goals and promulgate national drinking water regulations for perchlorate, perfluorinated compounds, and microcystin (algal) toxin; establishing grant programs for reducing lead in drinking water in schools; requiring community water systems to assess their vulnerabilities to contamination, including vulnerabilities from climate change or sabotage, and develop plans for addressing those vulnerabilities; establishing the Drinking Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program, under which the EPA may award grants for community water systems to increase their resiliency to those threats; removing a regulatory exemption for hydraulic fracturing; requiring the EPA to develop a strategic plan for assessing and managing the risks of drought to drinking water provided by public water systems; revising requirements for the drinking water state revolving fund (SRF); creating a process for consolidating water systems that repeatedly fail to comply with drinking water standards; requiring the EPA to create an inventory of data about drinking water violations; directing the EPA to revise regulations for consumer confidence reports; establishing research grants for monitoring technology; and requiring the EPA to study the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water sources. The bill reauthorizes specified programs under the Act, including reauthorizing through FY2022 the SRF.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Frank Pallone
Democratic Representative
New Jersey
Cosponsors (10)
Environment Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Environmental Protection
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- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesAmerican SamoaAtmospheric science and weatherBusiness recordsBuy American requirementsChild healthCivil actions and liabilityClimate change and greenhouse gasesConsumer affairsDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careEnergy efficiency and conservationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental healthEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresEnvironmental technologyFloods and storm protectionGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsGuamHazardous wastes and toxic substancesHydrology and hydrographyInfrastructure developmentLabor standardsLow- and moderate-income housingMetalsNorthern Mariana IslandsOil and gasPollution liabilityPublic contracts and procurementPublic utilities and utility ratesResidential rehabilitation and home repairState and local financeState and local government operationsU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin IslandsWages and earningsWater qualityWater resources fundingWater storageWater use and supply