3.0.0 4806 2023-01-11T13:31:51Z 2023-01-11T13:31:51Z House HR 2016-03-17 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 43 (Thursday, March 17, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. QUIGLEY:H.R. 4806.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution[Page H1463]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2016-03-18T14:18:55Z Referred to 2016-03-17T13:03:20Z CLEAR Act 114 2587 S 2016-02-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS True LEADership Act of 2016 114 2821 S 2016-04-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2016-03-18 hsif18 Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. Committee 2016-03-17 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2016-03-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-03-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 N D000622 Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] Tammy Duckworth D IL 8 2016-03-17 True B001286 Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] Cheri Bustos D IL 17 2016-03-17 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2016-05-03 False L000582 Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] Ted Lieu D CA 33 2016-05-03 False H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2016-05-10 False C001090 Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] Matt Cartwright D PA 17 2016-05-23 False Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child health Consumer affairs Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental health Environmental regulatory procedures Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Immunology and vaccination Metals Water quality Water use and supply Women's health Environmental Protection 00 2016-03-17 Introduced in House 2016-03-23T20:26:56Z Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016 or the CLEAR Act

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate new lead and copper regulations that would set a health-based, household action level for lead and copper that triggers: (1) a consumer notification of drinking water contamination; (2) a report to the appropriate public health agency; and (3) an examination by the public water system of service line material and, if applicable, the removal of lead portions of the service line.

That action level must be based on the amount of lead that would result in a blood lead level greater than five micrograms per deciliter in an average, healthy infant who consumes infant formula made with water.

The regulations must also:

  • provide outreach about the health risk and protection available to consumers with known or suspected lead service lines, institutions and facilities that serve other vulnerable populations, and the caregivers and health care providers of those consumers or populations;
  • require reporting by public water systems for each monitoring period to the populations they serve on information concerning lead and copper levels;
  • require public water systems to provide a public statement of lead service line ownership where a community has such lines;
  • modify monitoring requirements to provide for voluntary, consumer-requested tap samples for lead; and
  • provide for utilizing the results of those samples.
]]> CLEAR Act of 2016 Display Title CLEAR Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations regarding lead and copper. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced CLEAR Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Copper and Lead Evaluation and Reporting Act of 2016 Introduced in House 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4806ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4806ih.xml 2016-03-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.