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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-14 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate |
| 2016-02-11 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate. | Senate |
| 2016-02-10 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2016-02-10 | Vote | 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) | House floor actions |
| 2016-02-10 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H676-677) | House floor actions |
| 2016-02-10 | Floor | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2016-02-10 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4470. | House floor actions |
| 2016-02-10 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H662-668) | House floor actions |
| 2016-02-10 | Floor | Mr. Upton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2016-02-04 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House floor actions |
| 2016-02-04 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |