[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1413 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1413

To codify the rule establishing a maximum contaminant level for arsenic 
   published in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection 
          Agency on January 22, 2001, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

  Mr. Waxman (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
 Pallone, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Frost, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
Evans, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Obey, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
     Matsui, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Farr of 
 California, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
Jefferson, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Rush, Mrs. Jones 
 of Ohio, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Meeks of 
 New York, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
 Honda, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
    Allen, Mr. Berman, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
Pascrell, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. 
 Levin, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Weiner, Ms. Lee, 
   Mr. Serrano, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Solis, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. 
 Woolsey, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Hoyer, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Eshoo, 
   Mr. Filner, Ms. Harman, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. 
 Roybal-Allard, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Stark, Mrs. 
Tauscher, Ms. Waters, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. DeFazio, 
 Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mr. Wu, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Carson of Oklahoma, Ms. 
 Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Larson 
of Connecticut, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Frank, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
   Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Olver, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Langevin, Ms. 
  Baldwin, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Costello, Mr. Jackson of 
    Illinois, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Spratt, Ms. 
 Kilpatrick, Mr. Luther, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. 
 Lampson, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. McCollum, 
    Mr. Clay, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Scott, Mr. Price of North 
   Carolina, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Lewis of 
   Georgia, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
 Engel, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Pomeroy, Mrs. Meek of Florida, 
    Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Towns, Mr. Davis of 
 Florida, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. 
   Ackerman, Mr. Borski, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Cardin, Mr. Clement, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. 
 Israel, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Mascara, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
    York, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Murtha, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
 Skelton, Ms. Slaughter, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Holden, Mr. Kind, and Mr. Baird) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To codify the rule establishing a maximum contaminant level for arsenic 
   published in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection 
          Agency on January 22, 2001, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Get Arsenic Out of Our Drinking 
Water Act''.

SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF EPA ARSENIC RULE FOR DRINKING WATER.

    Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the rule 
establishing an enforceable Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for arsenic 
of 0.010 mg/L (10 micrograms per Liter) and a health-based, non-
enforceable Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) published by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on January 22, 
2001 in volume 66 of the Federal Register beginning on page 6976 (66 FR 
6976) shall have the force and effect of law.

SEC. 3. SAVINGS PROVISION.

    Nothing in this Act shall limit the authority of the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 1412(b)(9) of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 1452(m) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) 
is amended by striking ``$1,000,000,000'' and inserting 
``$2,000,000,000''.
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