[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3686 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3686

  To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to suspend the requirements of 
 that Act until the costs of implementing those requirements are fully 
                   funded by the Federal Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

Mr. Roberts (for himself and Mr. Condit) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to suspend the requirements of 
 that Act until the costs of implementing those requirements are fully 
                   funded by the Federal Government.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT.

    Title XIV of the Public Health Service Act (the Safe Drinking Water 
Act) is amended by inserting the following new section after section 
1417:

``SEC. 1418. PROVISIONS TO BE TREATED AS VOLUNTARY UNTIL FULLY FUNDED.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the provisions of 
this title that impose requirements on the States shall be treated as 
recommendations to the States and compliance with such provisions shall 
be voluntary on the part of the States until the costs of implementing 
such provisions (including all costs to units of local government) are 
fully funded by the Federal Government. The costs of implementing such 
provisions with respect to a State or a unit of local government shall 
be determined by the Administrator and the chief official of the State 
responsible for implementing the requirements of this part.''.

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