US Congress House Bill 1579 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on March 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Secure and Resilient Water Systems Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring each community water system to submit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) source water and distribution system vulnerability assessments that identify threats from: industrial activity, pipelines and storage tanks, contaminated sites, agricultural activity, and oil and gas exploration; climate change, extreme weather, drought, and temperature changes; and intentional acts, including intentional contamination, sabotage, and theft of any chemical of interest. Each community water system must also submit to the EPA protection plans that mitigate the threats to source water and distribution systems. The EPA must establish a grant program for increasing the resiliency or adaptability of the community water systems to threats.

Secure and Resilient Water Systems Act

Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]

Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]

Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
2017-03-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2017-03-16	House	Introduced in House

HB1068 (Related) 2017-02-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
HB2479 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1579/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1579/BILLS-115hr1579ih.pdf