Array
(
[actionDate] => 2016-02-04
[displayText] => Introduced in House
[externalActionCode] => 1000
[description] => Introduced
)
Passed House
Array
(
[actionDate] => 2016-02-10
[displayText] => Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 2 (Roll no. 67).(text: CR H662-663)
[externalActionCode] => 8000
[description] => Passed House
)
Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act
Short Titles as Introduced
Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act
Official Titles
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to the requirements related to lead in drinking water, and for other purposes.
Actions Overview (2)
Date
02/10/2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 2 (Roll no. 67).(text: CR H662-663)
02/04/2016
Introduced in House
02/10/2016 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 2 (Roll no. 67).(text: CR H662-663)
02/04/2016 Introduced in House
All Actions (11)
Date
Chamber
07/14/2016
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
02/11/2016
Senate
Received in the Senate.
02/10/2016-2:47pm
House
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
02/10/2016-2:47pm
House
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 2 (Roll no. 67). (text: CR H662-663)
02/10/2016-2:42pm
House
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H676-677)
02/10/2016-1:06pm
House
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
02/10/2016-12:26pm
House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4470.
02/10/2016-12:26pm
House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H662-668)
02/10/2016-12:26pm
House
Mr. Upton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
02/04/2016
House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
02/04/2016
House
Introduced in House
07/14/2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
02/11/2016 Received in the Senate.
02/10/2016 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
02/10/2016 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 2 (Roll no. 67). (text: CR H662-663)
02/10/2016 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H676-677)
02/10/2016 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
02/10/2016 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4470.
02/10/2016 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H662-668)
02/10/2016 Mr. Upton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
02/04/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Committees, subcommittees and links to reports associated with this bill are listed here, as well as the nature and date of committee activity and Congressional report number.
Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require public water systems to notify their customers when a lead action level under national drinking water regulations is exceeded in more than 10% of customer taps sampled. (An action level is a level of contaminates which triggers a requirement for the public water system to take additional actions to control corrosion.) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must notify customers if the state or the public water system fails to notify the public within 24 hours of receiving notice from the EPA.
Community water systems' consumer confidence reports must include: (1) a definition of "action level," and (2) the action level for contaminants detected in water provided by the public water system.
The EPA must establish a strategic plan for conducting targeted outreach, education, technical assistance, and risk communication to populations affected by lead in the public water system.
EPA employees must forward to the public water system and to the state information indicating that drinking water contains lead that exceeds a lead action level. The public water system must then disseminate this information to its customers along with its potential adverse effects on human health, corrective steps underway, and advice on whether customers should seek alternative water supplies. If the public water system or the state fails to disseminate the information, the EPA must disseminate it as soon as reasonably possible.
(Sec. 3) The EPA must: (1) make information about lead in drinking water available to the public, and (2) carry out targeted outreach strategies that focus on educating groups that are at greater risk than the general population for adverse health effects from exposure to lead in drinking water.
Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require public water systems to notify their customers when a lead action level under national drinking water regulations is exceeded in more than 10% of customer taps sampled. (An action level is a level of contaminates which triggers a requirement for the public water system to take additional actions to control corrosion.) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must notify customers if the state or the public water system fails to notify the public within 24 hours of receiving notice from the EPA.
Community water systems' consumer confidence reports must include: (1) a definition of "action level," and (2) the action level for contaminants detected in water provided by the public water system.
The EPA must establish a strategic plan for conducting targeted outreach, education, technical assistance, and risk communication to populations affected by lead in the public water system.
EPA employees must forward to the public water system and to the state information indicating that drinking water contains lead that exceeds a lead action level. The public water system must then disseminate this information to its customers along with its potential adverse effects on human health, corrective steps underway, and advice on whether customers should seek alternative water supplies. If the public water system or the state fails to disseminate the information, the EPA must disseminate it as soon as reasonably possible.
(Sec. 3) The EPA must: (1) make information about lead in drinking water available to the public, and (2) carry out targeted outreach strategies that focus on educating groups that are at greater risk than the general population for adverse health effects from exposure to lead in drinking water.
Shown Here: Introduced in House (02/04/2016)
Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require public water systems to notify their customers of lead concentration levels in drinking water that exceed lead limits under national primary drinking water regulations.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must notify customers of a violation of a national primary drinking water regulation with significant potential to have serious adverse effects on human health as a result of acute exposure, if the state or the public water system fails to notify the public within 24 hours of receiving notice from the EPA of the exceedance.
Community water systems' consumer confidence reports must include a definition of "action level," which is generally a certain contaminant level that triggers a requirement for the public water system to take additional actions to control corrosion.
The EPA must establish a strategic plan for conducting targeted outreach, education, technical assistance, and risk communication to populations affected by lead in the public water system.
EPA employees must forward to the public water system any data indicating that drinking water contains lead that exceeds limits. The public water system must then disseminate to its customers information on the exceedance of a lead limit, its potential adverse effects on human health, corrective steps underway, and advice on whether customers should seek alternative water supplies. The EPA must disseminate the information if the public water system or the state fails to do so.
The EPA must: (1) make information about lead in drinking water available to the public, and (2) carry out targeted outreach strategies that focus on educating groups that are at greater risk than the general population for adverse health effects from exposure to lead in drinking water.
