To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds (including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid), and for other purposes.
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 29, 2017)
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address the level of perfluorinated compounds, including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid, in drinking water. Specifically, the EPA must publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds within two years. Perfluorinated compounds are manufactured compounds that are used in an array of consumer products and that accumulate in human blood.
What just happenedJul 14, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5870)
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 29, 2017
- Jul 14, 2017IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5870)
- Jun 30, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee - Jun 29, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jun 29, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 29, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House