I
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 Agen-
cy 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. CON-
YERS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OBEY, Mrs. CAPPS,
Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. INS-
LEE, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ABERCROMBIE,
Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. HIN-
CHEY, Mr. RUSH, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mrs. MINK of Ha-
waii, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HONDA, Mr. MORAN of
Virginia, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HOLT, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BER-
MAN, 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. MILLENDER-
MCDONALD, 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. BALD-
WIN, 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,
Mr. WYNN, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr.
HOEFFEL, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BOR-
SKI, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CLEM-
ENT, 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 Caro-
lina, 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Get Arsenic Out of
Our Drinking Water Act’’.
SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF EPA ARSENIC RULE FOR DRINK-
ING WATER.
Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act,
the rule establishing an enforceable Maximum Contami-
nant Level (MCL) for arsenic of 0.010 mg/L (10
micrograms per Liter) and a health-based, non-enforce-
able Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) pub-
lished by the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency on January 22, 2001 in volume 66 of the Fed-
eral Register beginning on page 6976 (66 FR 6976) shall
have the force and effect of law.
SEC. 3. SAVINGS PROVISION.
Nothing in this Act shall limit the authority of the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
under section 1412(b)(9) of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 1452(m) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 
300j–12) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking
‘‘$1,000,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000,000’’.
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