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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1413

To codify the rule establishing a maximum contaminant level for arsenic

published in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency on January 22, 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 4, 2001

Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. DINGELL, Mr.

PALLONE, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. FROST, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OBEY, Mrs. CAPPS,

Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ABERCROMBIE,

Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. RUSH, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HONDA, Mr. MORAN of

Virginia, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HOLT, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. PASCRELL,

Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. LEVIN,

Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. WEINER, Ms. LEE,

Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms.

WOOLSEY, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. HOYER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms.

ESHOO, Mr. FILNER, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. MILLENDERMCDONALD, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr.

SHERMAN, Mr. STARK, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. WATERS, Ms. DEGETTE,

Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. WU,

Ms. RIVERS, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

of Texas, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut,

Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. FRANK, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. NEAL

of Massachusetts, Mr. OLVER, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BARRETT, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. JACKSON of

Illinois, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. SPRATT, Ms.

KILPATRICK, Mr. LUTHER, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut,

Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GONZALEZ, Ms.

MCCOLLUM, Mr. CLAY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. SCOTT, Mr.

PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr.

BLUMENAUER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms.

MCKINNEY, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. MENENDEZ,

Mr. POMEROY, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. VISCLOSKY,
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Mr. WYNN, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr.

HOEFFEL, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr.

LAFALCE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MASCARA, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York,

Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. MURTHA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. RANGEL, Mr.

SKELTON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. KIND, and Mr. BAIRD) introduced the following

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To codify the rule establishing a maximum contaminant level

for arsenic published in the Federal Register by the

Environmental Protection Agency on January 22, 2001,

and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Get Arsenic Out of

5 Our Drinking Water Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF EPA ARSENIC RULE FOR DRINK7 ING WATER.

8 Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act,

9 the rule establishing an enforceable Maximum Contami10 nant Level (MCL) for arsenic of 0.010 mg/L (10

11 micrograms per Liter) and a health-based, non-enforce12 able Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) pub13 lished by the Administrator of the Environmental Protec14 tion Agency on January 22, 2001 in volume 66 of the Fed-
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1 eral Register beginning on page 6976 (66 FR 6976) shall

2 have the force and effect of law.

3 SEC. 3. SAVINGS PROVISION.

4 Nothing in this Act shall limit the authority of the

5 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

6 under section 1412(b)(9) of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

7 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

8 Section 1452(m) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42

9 U.S.C. 300j–12) is amended by striking

10 ‘‘$1,000,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’.

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