‘‘(l) EPA MANAGEMENT OF DATA.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
INVENTORY.—Not 
later than one year after the date of enactment of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016, 
the Administrator shall establish and maintain in a 
computer data base an inventory based on data sub-
mitted to the Administrator under this section re-
garding violations and exceedances. The Adminis-
trator shall make these data publicly accessible and 
searchable by zip code and county, and available in 
appropriate languages. 
‘‘(2) REPORT ON HOT SPOTS AND DISPROPOR-
TIONATE IMPACTS.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
Amendments of 2016, and annually thereafter, the 
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate a report on any dispropor-
tionate impacts on communities of particular demo-
graphic categories as shown by the data in the in-
ventory under paragraph (1).’’. 
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SEC. 504. IMPROVED CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS. 
Section 1414(c)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300g–3(c)(4)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) REVISIONS.—Not later than 24 
months after the date of enactment of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016, the 
Administrator, in consultation with the groups 
identified in subparagraph (A), shall promul-
gate revisions to the regulations issued pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A) to increase the effec-
tiveness and understandability of consumer con-
fidence reports.’’. 
TITLE VI—STUDIES AND 
TECHNOLOGY 
SEC. 601. REAL TIME MONITORING TECHNOLOGY RE-
SEARCH GRANTS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a 
grant program to provide funds to projects to develop 
technology for real-time monitoring of drinking water con-
taminants. Grants awarded under this section shall be 
awarded on a competitive basis after solicitation and eval-
uation of proposals. 
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(b) PROJECTS.—Projects eligible for funding under 
the grant program established under this section include 
projects for the— 
(1) development of new hardware and tech-
nology, or improvement of existing hardware or tech-
nology, that monitors contaminants in drinking 
water in real-time; and 
(2) development of software that assists in real- 
time monitoring of contaminants in drinking water. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report de-
scribing the projects funded under the grant program es-
tablished under this section and the technology that has 
been developed as a result of such projects. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2017 to carry out this section, which shall remain 
available until expended. 
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SEC. 602. PRESENCE OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND PER-
SONAL CARE PRODUCTS IN SOURCES OF 
DRINKING WATER. 
Subsection (a) of section 1442 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–1) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(11) PRESENCE OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND PER-
SONAL CARE PRODUCTS
IN SOURCES
OF DRINKING 
WATER.— 
‘‘(A) STUDY.—The Administrator shall carry 
out a study on the presence of pharmaceuticals and 
personal care products in sources of drinking water, 
which shall— 
‘‘(i) identify pharmaceuticals and personal 
care products that have been detected in 
sources of drinking water and the levels at 
which such pharmaceuticals and personal care 
products have been detected; 
‘‘(ii) identify the sources of pharma-
ceuticals and personal care products in sources 
of drinking water, including point sources and 
nonpoint sources of pharmaceutical and per-
sonal care products; 
‘‘(iii) identify the effects of such pharma-
ceuticals and personal care products on hu-
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mans, the environment, and the safety of drink-
ing water; and 
‘‘(iv) identify methods to control, limit, 
treat, or prevent the presence of such personal 
care pharmaceuticals and products. 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator shall 
conduct the study described in subparagraph (A) in 
consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (acting through the Commissioner 
of Food and Drugs), the Director of the United 
States Geological Survey, the heads of other appro-
priate Federal agencies (including the National In-
stitute of Environmental Health Sciences), and other 
interested stakeholders (including manufacturers of 
pharmaceuticals and personal care products and 
consumer groups and advocates). 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after 
the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Ad-
ministrator shall submit to the Congress a report on 
the results of the study carried out under this para-
graph. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘personal care product’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘cosmetic’ in section 
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201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘pharmaceutical’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘drug’ in section 201 of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.’’. 
SEC. 603. WATER LOSS AND LEAK CONTROL TECHNOLOGY. 
Part E of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j et seq.), as amended, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1459B. WATER LOSS AND LEAK CONTROL TECH-
NOLOGY. 
‘‘The Administrator shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than 5 years after the date of en-
actment of this section, develop criteria for effective 
water loss and leak control technology to be used by 
public water systems; and 
‘‘(2) implement a program through which a 
manufacturer of such technology may apply, on a 
voluntary basis, for certification of compliance with 
such criteria.’’. 
Æ 
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