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To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water…

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To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for microcystin toxin, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 22, 2016 Introduced by: Kaptur, Marcy Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 22, 2016
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1348)
Sep 22, 2016
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for microcystin toxin, which is a toxin produced by a blue-green algae called cyanobacteria.

What's happening now September 22, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6116 Related bill Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Sep 22, 2016
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Sep 22, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6148: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for microcystin toxin, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6148/
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"H.R. 6148: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for microcystin toxin, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6148/.
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H.R. 6148, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6148/.
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[H.R. 6148: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for microcystin toxin, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6148/)
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