Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017
Latest action · Nov 1, 2017 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.
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.
- IntroducedJul 25, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide support for public water systems and promote compliance by the systems with drinking water regulations.
The bill expands requirements concerning consumer confidence reports issued by community water systems.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state with primary enforcement authority responsibility under the Act may require the owners or operators of certain public water systems that have repeatedly violated national primary drinking water regulations to consolidate or transfer ownership.
The EPA must develop a strategic plan for improving the accuracy and availability of compliance monitoring data.
The bill expands risk assessment requirements for community water systems to include risks from natural hazards. The bill creates a grant program within the EPA called the Drinking Water Infrastructure Risk and Resilience Program.
The bill: (1) reauthorizes through FY2022 the public water system supervision grant program and the source water petition program, and (2) reauthorizes through FY2022 and revises the drinking water state revolving fund.
The bill expands requirements for public water systems to monitor unregulated containments.
The EPA must establish a grant program for the replacement of drinking water fountains that contain lead in schools and day care facilities.
This bill amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to ensure that states and community water systems are notified of a release of a contaminant into their source waters.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jul 25, 2017Markup Jul 27, 2017Reported Nov 1, 2017 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2017Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-380.
- Nov 1, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.
- Jul 27, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 27, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 25, 2017Introduced in House
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1250 | Paul Tonko D-NY | Feb 26, 2018 |
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 estimate
- Sep 26, 2017H.R. 3387, Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 27, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 125, July 25, 2017, page H6298.
Printed hearings 2
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. 115-163 | PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: AN UPDATE ON THE RESPONSE TO CONTAMINATION AND CHALLENGES PRESENTED201 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Sep 6, 2018 |
| — | PROCEEDINGS OF THE FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP ON H.R. 1224, NIST CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK, ASSESSMENT, AND AUDITING ACT OF 2017942 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Jan 10, 2017–Nov 15, 2017 |
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
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 |
| R45212 | Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (H.R. 8) and America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Amendment to H.R. 8): An Overview Archived | Report | Oct 2, 2018 |
| 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 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3021 | America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 | Related bill | Oct 23, 2018 |
| HR 4908 | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance to schools to replace drinking water fountains that may contain lead, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Feb 2, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve public water systems and enhance compliance with such Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Buy American requirements
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Elementary and secondary education
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Environmental technology
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Intergovernmental relations
- Labor standards
- Metals
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public utilities and utility rates
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Wages and earnings
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2017Reported in House
- Jul 25, 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.
