SEC. 2. BOTTLED WATER QUALITY REPORTS AND LABEL-
ING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 410 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 349) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) BOTTLED WATER QUALITY REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, by 
regulation, require bottled water quality reports in 
accordance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) issue proposed regulations not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of 
this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) issue final regulations not later than 
18 months after the period for public comment 
on such proposed regulations has ended. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations promul-
gated under paragraph (1) shall require that each 
bottled water manufacturer or distributor annually 
prepare, and make available upon request, a bottled 
water quality report for each bottled water product 
that includes— 
‘‘(A) the name and contact information of 
the bottled water manufacturer or distributor; 
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‘‘(B) the type of water source (such as a 
spring, an artesian well, or a public water sys-
tem); 
‘‘(C) a brief and plainly worded definition 
of the terms ‘Standard of Identity (SOI)’ as de-
scribed in section 165.110(a) of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, title 21 (or any successor 
regulations) and ‘Standard of Quality (SOQ)’ 
as defined in section 165.110(b) of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, title 21 (or any successor 
regulations) and as applied to bottled water 
under this Act and applicable regulations; 
‘‘(D) a brief description of the primary 
processing (treatment) methods used by the 
bottled water manufacturer (such as reverse os-
mosis, ozonation, ultraviolet light, and micron 
filtration); and 
‘‘(E) test results for the microbiological, 
physical, chemical, and radiological quality of 
bottled 
water, 
as 
prescribed 
by 
section 
165.110(b) of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
title 21 (or any successor regulation). 
‘‘(d) BOTTLED WATER LABELING.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, by 
regulation, require each bottled water label to in-
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clude the information prescribed under paragraph 
(3). 
‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) issue proposed regulations not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of 
this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) issue final regulations not later than 
18 months after the period for public comment 
on such proposed regulations has ended. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations promul-
gated under paragraph (1) shall require that each 
bottled water label include— 
‘‘(A) the name and contact information of 
the bottled water manufacturer or distributor; 
‘‘(B) a statement on how consumers may 
obtain, upon request, a bottled water quality re-
port as described in subsection (c)(3); and 
‘‘(C) the type of water source (such as a 
spring, artesian well, or public water system). 
‘‘(4) MULTISERVICE CONTAINERS.—For refill-
able and reusable multiservice containers, the re-
quirements in paragraph (3) may be satisfied by in-
cluding the required information on one or more of 
the following: 
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‘‘(A) The container label. 
‘‘(B) The cap label. 
‘‘(C) An electronic or manual billing state-
ment provided to the consumer. 
‘‘(e) NATIONAL UNIFORM LABELING.—No State or 
political subdivision of a State may directly or indirectly 
establish or continue in effect any requirement with re-
spect to a bottled water quality report of the type required 
under subsection (c), or with respect to bottled water la-
beling of the type required under subsection (d), that is 
not identical to the requirements of subsection (c) or (d), 
respectively.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITED ACT.—Section 301 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ddd) The failure by a bottled water manufacturer 
or distributor to maintain an annual bottled water quality 
report in accordance with section 410(c).’’. 
(c) MISBRANDING.—Section 403 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(z) If it is bottled water and its label fails to include 
the information required by section 410(d).’’. 
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