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HR 1252 107th Congress House

Arsenic Reduction in Drinking Water Act

Official title: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to change the drinking water standard for arsenic from 50 parts per billion to 10 parts per billion by fiscal year 2003 an… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to change the drinking water standard for arsenic from 50 parts per billion to 10 parts per billion by fiscal year 2003 and to 3 parts per billion by fiscal year 2006 and to authorize an $800 million to provide grants to small public drinking water systems to assist them in meeting these standards.

Introduced: May 1, 2001 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Apr 16, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Mar 27, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 27, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 16, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Arsenic Reduction in Drinking Water Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water to be: (1) ten parts per billion effective October 1, 2003; and (2) three parts per billion effective October 1, 2006.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people to assist such systems in meeting the drinking water standards for arsenic.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 14
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 5, 2001
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Aug 2, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 1, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Apr 26, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 24, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 24, 2001
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Apr 24, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 4, 2001
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 4, 2001
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 3, 2001
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 27, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 27, 2001
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 27, 2001
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 27, 2001
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