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H.R. 4414 114th Congress House

Improving Notification for Clean and Safe Drinking Water Act of 2016

Official title: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to notify the public if a State agency and public wa… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to notify the public if a State agency and public water system are not taking action to address a public health risk associated with drinking water requirements.

Introduced: February 1, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Feb 5, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Feb 1, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 1, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 5, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Notification for Clean and Safe Drinking Water Act of 2016

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require public water systems to notify their customers of lead concentration levels in drinking water that exceed lead limits under national primary drinking water regulations.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must notify the public within 15 days of the lead levels exceeding those limits if the public water system or the state does not notify the public.

The EPA may notify the public or the local or state health department of the result of lead monitoring conducted by a public water system.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4414: Improving Notification for Clean and Safe Drinking Water Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4414/
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"H.R. 4414: Improving Notification for Clean and Safe Drinking Water Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4414/.
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