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HR 4717 108th Congress House

Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2004

Official title: To allow small public water systems to request an exemption from the requirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for a naturally occurring contaminant, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 25, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 7, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Jun 25, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 25, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1289)
Jun 25, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 7, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2004 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require States exercising primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems to exempt any nonprofit small public water system (serving 10,000 or fewer persons) that so requests in accordance with this Act from the requirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for naturally occurring contaminants, including arsenic, radon, radium, uranium, and specified disinfection byproducts.

Requires exemption requests to include a finding that the system's compliance with applicable national primary drinking water regulations is not economically feasible. Precludes judicial or administrative review of such findings.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Jun 25, 2004
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jun 25, 2004
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Jun 25, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4717: Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4717/
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"H.R. 4717: Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-4717/.
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