HR 6121
114th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Hydrology and hydrography
Infrastructure development
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Water quality
Water storage
Water use and supply
Climate Resiliency, Security, and Source Water Protection Act
Introduced: September 22, 2016
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Sep 22, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 22, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Climate Resiliency, Security, and Source Water Protection Act
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring each community water system to submit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) source water and distribution system vulnerability assessments that identify threats from:
- industrial activity, pipelines and storage tanks, contaminated sites, agricultural activity, and oil and gas exploration;
- climate change, extreme weather, drought, and temperature changes; and
- intentional acts, including intentional contamination, sabotage, and theft of any chemical of interest.
Each community water system must also submit to the EPA protection plans that mitigate the threats to source water and distribution systems.
The EPA must establish a grant program for increasing the resiliency or adaptability of the community water systems to threats.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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