US Congress House Bill 4470 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 65-13)
Status: Engrossed on February 11 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-07-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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.

Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act

Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]
Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]

2016-02-10 - House - On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended (Y: 416 N: 2 NV: 15 Abs: 0) [PASS]

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4470/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4470/BILLS-114hr4470ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4470/BILLS-114hr4470eh.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201667