Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2005
Latest action · Mar 22, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require States exercising primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems to exempt any nonprofit small public water system (serving 10,000 or fewer persons) that so requests in accordance with this Act from the requirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for naturally occurring contaminants, including arsenic, radon, radium, uranium, and specified disinfection byproducts.
Requires exemption requests to include a finding that the system's compliance with applicable national primary drinking water regulations is not economically feasible. Precludes judicial or administrative review of such findings.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2005 to May 22, 2006; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-UT | Chris Cannon | Original | Mar 15, 2005 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Mar 15, 2005 |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Original | Mar 15, 2005 |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Original | Mar 15, 2005 |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Apr 20, 2005 | |
| R-AZ | Jim Kolbe | May 17, 2005 | |
| R-AZ | Rick Renzi | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | May 22, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2005 |
| Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
- Mar 16, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E452)
- Mar 15, 2005Introduced in House
- Mar 15, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E452 | C. L. (Butch) Otter R-ID | Mar 16, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To allow small public water systems to request an exemption from the requirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for a naturally occurring contaminant, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2005Introduced in House
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