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Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2007

Introduced: January 4, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 24, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1054.
Sep 24, 2008
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-483. Minority views filed.
Jul 31, 2008
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 6, 2008
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
Jan 4, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S64)
Jan 4, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S63-64)
Jan 4, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2008 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) publish (within 90 days) a health advisory for perchlorate that is fully protective, with an adequate margin of safety, of the health of vulnerable persons (including pregnant women, infants, and children), considering body weight, exposure patterns, and all routes of exposure; (2) propose (within 60 days) and promulgate (within 120 days) a final regulation requiring public water systems to monitor for perchlorate, which shall be in effect until monitoring for perchlorate is required under a national primary drinking water regulation; and (3) require consumer confidence reports by community water systems to disclose the presence of perchlorate in drinking water and the potential health risks to vulnerable persons.

What's happening now September 24, 2008

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1054.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 150 Related bill Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Perchlorate Act of 2008
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jul 31, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 24: Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-24/
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"S. 24: Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-24/.
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S. 24, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-24/.
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