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

Bill: 115-hr-417
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-01-10
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: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-10
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 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 417 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 10, 2017 Mrs. Lawrence 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. .