Test Your Well Water Act
Latest action · Jul 21, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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 20, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Test Your Well Water Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a website that contains specified information relating to the testing of household well water, including a list of certified laboratories that analyze samples.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2021 to Apr 7, 2022; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 7, 2022 |
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 20, 2021 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jul 21, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
- Jul 20, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 20, 2021Referred 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. 167, no. 127, July 20, 2021, page H3755.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2467 | PFAS Action Act of 2021 | Related bill | Jul 22, 2021 |
| HR 3684 | Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act | Related bill | Aug 4, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a household well water testing website, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Test Your Well Water Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2021Introduced 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.
