US Congress Senate Bill 2000 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on October 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise the national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper. The rule must direct: public water systems to meet certain reporting requirements; the EPA to develop a sampling protocol and develop instructions for compliance with the protocol; the EPA, or the state exercising primary enforcement responsibility, to require on-site investigations for determining the source of lead when the concentration of lead or copper contamination exceeds specified levels; public water systems to meet certain notification and reporting requirements when lead or copper concentration limits are exceeded; the systems to develop and publish an inventory of the material composition of the service lines at residential and nonresidential facilities; the systems to collect and publish information about the ownership of those service lines; and the systems, when replacing lead service lines, to entirely replace the lines instead of partially replacing them. The EPA must also revise the rule to lower the allowable level of lead in drinking water.

National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence Act of 2017

Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB1974 (Related) 2017-04-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2000/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2000/BILLS-115s2000is.pdf