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 perfluorinated compounds, and for other purposes.

Summary

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 perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) within two years. (PFCs are manufactured compounds that are used in an array of consumer products and that accumulate in human blood.)

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Timeline

1. 22 September 2016

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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2. 22 September 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 22 September 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 22 September 2016 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 22 September 2016

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 22 September 2016

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Sponsors

• Brendan Boyle · D · Sponsor
• Patrick Meehan · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] · R · Sponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016