Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017
Latest action · Feb 17, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise regulations for drinking water contaminants, including by:
- requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether or not to regulate no fewer than 10 contaminants every 3 years (current law requires 5 contaminants every 5 years);
- revising the process and requirements for setting maximum containment levels in national primary drinking water regulations;
- directing the EPA to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper;
- setting deadlines for the EPA to publish maximum contaminant level goals and promulgate national drinking water regulations for perchlorate, perfluorinated compounds, and microcystin (algal) toxin;
- establishing grant programs for reducing lead in drinking water in schools;
- requiring community water systems to assess their vulnerabilities to contamination, including vulnerabilities from climate change or sabotage, and develop plans for addressing those vulnerabilities;
- establishing the Drinking Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program, under which the EPA may award grants for community water systems to increase their resiliency to those threats;
- removing a regulatory exemption for hydraulic fracturing;
- requiring the EPA to develop a strategic plan for assessing and managing the risks of drought to drinking water provided by public water systems;
- revising requirements for the drinking water state revolving fund (SRF);
- creating a process for consolidating water systems that repeatedly fail to comply with drinking water standards;
- requiring the EPA to create an inventory of data about drinking water violations;
- directing the EPA to revise regulations for consumer confidence reports;
- establishing research grants for monitoring technology; and
- requiring the EPA to study the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water sources.
The bill reauthorizes specified programs under the Act, including reauthorizing through FY2022 the SRF.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2017 to May 11, 2017; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Feb 15, 2017 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 11, 2017 |
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 Feb 15, 2017 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Feb 17, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 17, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- Feb 15, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 15, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 27, February 15, 2017, page H1244.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-33 | H.R., DRINKING WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT ACT AND RELATED ISSUES OF FUNDING, MANAGEMENT, AND COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT182 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | May 19, 2017 |
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45656 | America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-270): Drinking Water Provisions Archived | Report | Mar 28, 2019 |
| R45304 | Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF): Overview, Issues, and Legislation Archived | Report | Oct 2, 2018 |
| IF10883 | Overview of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Water Infrastructure Programs and FY2018 Appropriations | Resource | May 9, 2018 |
Related bills 9
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enable needed drinking water standards, reduce lead in drinking water, plan for and address threats from climate change, terrorism, and source water contamination, invest in drinking water infrastructure, increase compliance with drinking water standards, foster greater community right to know about drinking water quality, and promote technological solutions for drinking water challenges.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- American Samoa
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Business records
- Buy American requirements
- Child health
- Civil actions and liability
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Consumer affairs
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Environmental technology
- Floods and storm protection
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Guam
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Hydrology and hydrography
- Infrastructure development
- Labor standards
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Metals
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oil and gas
- Pollution liability
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Virgin Islands
- Wages and earnings
- Water quality
- Water resources funding
- Water storage
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2017Introduced in House
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.
