I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4414 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency to notify the public if a State 
agency and public water system are not taking action to address a 
public health risk associated with drinking water requirements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 
Mr. KILDEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
to notify the public if a State agency and public water 
system are not taking action to address a public health 
risk associated with drinking water requirements. 
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 ‘‘Improving Notification 
for Clean and Safe Drinking Water Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT OF DRINKING WATER REGULA-
TIONS. 
(a) EXCEEDANCE OF LEAD ACTION LEVEL.—Section 
1414(c) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g– 
3(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(D) Notice of any exceedance of a lead 
action level or any other prescribed level of lead 
in a regulation issued under section 1412, in-
cluding the concentrations of lead found in a 
monitoring activity.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 
and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following: 
‘‘(D) EXCEEDANCE
OF
LEAD
ACTION 
LEVEL.—Regulations issued under subpara-
graph (A) shall specify notification procedures 
for an exceedance of a lead action level or any 
other prescribed level of lead in a regulation 
issued under section 1412.’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
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(4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC RELATING 
TO LEAD.— 
‘‘(A) EXCEEDANCE
OF
LEAD
ACTION 
LEVEL.—Not later than 15 days after the date 
of an exceedance of a lead action level or any 
other prescribed level of lead in a regulation 
issued under section 1412, the Administrator 
shall notify the public of the concentrations of 
lead found in the monitoring activity conducted 
by the public water system if the public water 
system or the State does not notify the public 
of the concentrations of lead found in a moni-
toring activity. 
‘‘(B) RESULTS OF LEAD MONITORING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 
may provide notice of any result of lead 
monitoring conducted by a public water 
system to— 
‘‘(I) any person that is served by 
the public water system; or 
‘‘(II) the local or State health de-
partment of a locality or State in 
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which the public water system is lo-
cated. 
‘‘(ii) FORM OF NOTICE.—The Admin-
istrator may provide the notice described 
in clause (i) by— 
‘‘(I) press release; or 
‘‘(II) other form of communica-
tion, including local media.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1414(c) 
of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(c)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(F)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (E)’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (3)(B), in the first sentence, 
by striking ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(E)’’. 
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