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Drinking Water Standards Preservation Act of 2003

Introduced: January 8, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Mar 6, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Feb 3, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Jan 8, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 8, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Drinking Water Standards Preservation Act of 2003 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to establish liability standards for a public water system for damages allegedly caused by delivery of contaminated water containing either regulated or unregulated contaminants.

Requires for both regulated and unregulated contaminants that there be substantial scientific evidence that the kind of injury alleged could be caused by such substance in the amounts present and that the substance did, in fact, cause the injury.

Requires proof, in the case of regulated contaminants, that the water system violated the regulation, was negligent and that the violation caused the injury.

Requires proof, in the case of unregulated contaminants, that the water system knew or should have known that the substance at that level was likely to cause such injury and that it was feasible to remove the contaminant to a safe level.

What's happening now March 6, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · Jan 8, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 306: Drinking Water Standards Preservation Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-306/
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"H.R. 306: Drinking Water Standards Preservation Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-306/.
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H.R. 306, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-306/.
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