S 1824 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Drinking Water Supply Assistance Act of 2013

Introduced Dec 13, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 15, 2013 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 261.

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.

  1. IntroducedDec 13, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Drinking Water Supply Assistance Act of 2013 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt any pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder, or flux that contains brass from certain prohibitions against the use of lead pipes, solder, and flux under the following conditions:

  • a supplier of water owns the brass before enactment of this Act;
  • the brass is used to prevent or mitigate a municipal budget deficit or an interruption in service of a public water system; and
  • the supplier of water is otherwise in compliance with all laws and regulations, except monitoring requirements regarding lead in water.

Makes the exemption inapplicable to a municipality if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines it would result in an unreasonable risk to public health.

Directs the Administrator to: (1) consult with and seek the advice of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council on potential changes to federal regulations pertaining to lead; and (2) request the Council to consider sources of lead throughout drinking water distribution systems, including through components used to reroute drinking water during distribution system repairs.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 13, 2013 to Dec 18, 2013, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalDec 13, 2013
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalDec 13, 2013
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalDec 13, 2013
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalDec 13, 2013
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalDec 13, 2013
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalDec 13, 2013
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalDec 13, 2013
R-ARJohn BoozmanDec 18, 2013
R-MORoy BluntDec 18, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 15, 2013Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 261.
  2. Dec 13, 2013Introduced in Senate
  3. Dec 13, 2013Introduced in the Senate, read the first time.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1779Community Fire Safety Act of 2013Related billDec 9, 2013
HR 3588Community Fire Safety Act of 2013Related billDec 20, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

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  1. Dec 15, 2013Placed on Calendar Senate

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