To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the improvement of consumer confidence reports, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6127
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2016-09-22
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Consumer affairs

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Public utilities and utility rates

Water quality

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to revise regulations about consumer confidence reports in order to increase their effectiveness and understandability. Currently, each community water system must mail their customers an annual consumer confidence report that provides information about local drinking water quality.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6127 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 22, 2016 Mrs. Lawrence (for herself, Mr. Conyers , Ms. Norton , and Mrs. Watson Coleman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the improvement of consumer confidence reports, and for other purposes.

1. 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 this subparagraph, the Administrator, in consultation with the groups identified in subparagraph (A), shall promulgate revisions to the regulations issued pursuant to subparagraph (A) to increase the effectiveness and understandability of consumer confidence reports. .