[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 698 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 698

   To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to designate chromium-6 as a 
 contaminant, to establish a maximum contaminant level for chromium-6, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 4, 2001

 Mrs. Boxer (for herself and Mr. Reid) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to designate chromium-6 as a 
 contaminant, to establish a maximum contaminant level for chromium-6, 
                        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. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR CHROMIUM-6.

    (a) In General.--Section 1412(b)(12) of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)(12)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(C) Chromium-6.--
                            ``(i) Declaration of chromium-6 as 
                        contaminant.--Congress declares that chromium-6 
                        is a contaminant subject to regulation under 
                        this title.
                            ``(ii) Study.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--Not later than 
                                30 days after the date of enactment of 
                                this subparagraph, the Administrator 
                                shall enter into a contract with the 
                                National Academy of Sciences under 
                                which the National Academy of Sciences, 
                                not later than 1 year after the date of 
                                enactment of this subparagraph, shall 
                                complete a study to determine, and 
                                shall recommend to the Administrator, 
                                an appropriate maximum contaminant 
                                level goal for chromium-6.
                                    ``(II) Establishment of mcl.--Not 
                                later than 30 days after the date on 
                                which the Administrator receives the 
                                recommendation of the National Academy 
                                of Sciences under subclause (I), the 
                                Administrator shall establish a maximum 
                                contaminant level for chromium-6 at a 
                                level consistent with that 
                                recommendation.
                                    ``(III) Report.--Not later than 30 
                                days after the date on which the 
                                Administrator receives the 
                                recommendation of the National Academy 
                                of Sciences under subclause (I), the 
                                Administrator shall submit to Congress 
                                a report that describes the results of 
                                the study.
                            ``(iii) Applicability of other law.--
                        Chapter 7, and subchapter II of chapter 5, of 
                        title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to 
                        any action of the Administrator under this 
                        clause.
                            ``(iv) Regulation.--On and after the date 
                        of completion of the study under clause (ii), 
                        the Administrator shall regulate chromium-6 as 
                        an inorganic contaminant in accordance with 
                        part 141 of title 40, Code of Federal 
                        Regulations (or a successor regulation).''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1452 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) is amended by striking 
subsection (m) and inserting the following:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section, to remain available until expended--
                    ``(A) $599,000,000 for fiscal year 1994; and
                    ``(B) $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 
                through 2005.
            ``(2) Subsequent authorizations.--To the extent that any 
        amount authorized to be appropriated under this subsection for 
        any fiscal year is not appropriated for the fiscal year, the 
        amount--
                    ``(A) is authorized to be appropriated in any 
                subsequent fiscal year before fiscal year 2004; and
                    ``(B) shall remain available until expended.
            ``(3) Chromium-6 compliance.--Of the funds made available 
        under paragraph (1)(B) for each of fiscal years 2002 through 
        2005, such sums as are necessary shall be made available to the 
        Administrator to provide grants in accordance with this section 
        to States and community water systems for use in carrying out 
        activities to comply with section 1412(b)(12)(C).''.
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