Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 24, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1054.
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2008 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) publish (within 90 days) a health advisory for perchlorate that is fully protective, with an adequate margin of safety, of the health of vulnerable persons (including pregnant women, infants, and children), considering body weight, exposure patterns, and all routes of exposure; (2) propose (within 60 days) and promulgate (within 120 days) a final regulation requiring public water systems to monitor for perchlorate, which shall be in effect until monitoring for perchlorate is required under a national primary drinking water regulation; and (3) require consumer confidence reports by community water systems to disclose the presence of perchlorate in drinking water and the potential health risks to vulnerable persons.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2007 to Jul 31, 2008; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 31, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2007Hearings May 6, 2008Markup Jul 31, 2008Reported Sep 24, 2008 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2008Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-483. Minority views filed.
- Sep 24, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1054.
- Jul 31, 2008Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 6, 2008Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 4, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S63-64)
- Jan 4, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S64)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S63Text printed S64 | Barbara Boxer D-CA (text) | Jan 4, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 28, 2008S. 24, Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 31, 2008</p>
- Aug 28, 2008S. 24, Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 31, 2008
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-1255 | PERCHLORATE AND TCE IN WATER304 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | May 6, 2008 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS21961 | Perchlorate Contamination of Drinking Water: Regulatory Issues and Legislative Actions Archived | Report | Sep 21, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 150 | Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Perchlorate Act of 2008 | Related bill | Sep 24, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require a health advisory and monitoring of drinking water for perchlorate.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative procedure
- Aviation fuels
- Chemicals
- Child health
- Commerce
- Consumer education
- Energy
- Environmental health
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Explosives
- Families
- Fetus
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health warnings
- Infants
- Infrastructure
- Law
- Potable water
- Pregnant women
- Transportation and Public Works
- Water pollution control
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
- Women
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2008Reported to Senate
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
