Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 3280 (104th)

Water Quality Public Right-To-Know Act of 1996

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

18 April 1996

Last action

30 April 1996 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

Sponsors

Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-24], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10], Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16], Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2], Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]

Subjects

Environment

Source updated

3 June 2026

Environment

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Water Quality Public Right-To-Know Act of 1996 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to require each community water system to report at least once annually to its consumers on the level of contaminants in the drinking water purveyed by that system (consumer confidence report). Allows a Governor of a State to exempt community water systems within the State serving fewer than 3,300 persons or other systems if such systems inform customers that they will not be complying with this Act and will make information available upon request to the public regarding their water quality. Authorizes a State exercising primary enforcement responsibility to establish alternative requirements with respect to the form and content of the report.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 18 April 1996

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 18 April 1996

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 18 April 1996

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 30 April 1996

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 18 April 1996

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 18 April 1996

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 18 April 1996

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.