[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4198 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4198

    To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act with respect to developing 
 additional methods for assessing the health effects of drinking water 
 contaminants on infants, children, women, and pregnant women, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 2005

 Mr. Andrews 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 with respect to developing 
 additional methods for assessing the health effects of drinking water 
 contaminants on infants, children, women, and pregnant women, 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 ``Safe Drinking Water for All Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SAFE WATER DRINKING ACT.

    Section 1458(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-
18(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Administrator'' and inserting 
                the following:
                    ``(A) Continuing studies.--The Administrator'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by 
                striking ``The study'' and inserting ``The studies''; 
                and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Subpopulation studies.--With respect to 
                infants, children, women, and pregnant women, the 
                studies under subparagraph (A) shall provide for the 
                following:
                            ``(i) An evaluation of health endpoints, 
                        including morbidity endpoints and endocrine 
                        disruptors.
                            ``(ii) With respect to the appropriate 
                        level of regulation for contaminants in 
                        drinking water, a cost-benefit analysis which 
                        accounts for the differential factors among 
                        individuals of all ages and evaluates the 
                        health endpoint.'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``Not later than'' and inserting 
                the following:
                    ``(A) Report to congress.--Not later than''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Report to public.--With respect to the 
                studies carried out pursuant to (1)(B), not later than 
                180 days after the date of the enactment of the Safe 
                Drinking Water for All Act and periodically thereafter 
                as new and significant information becomes available, 
                the Administrator shall ensure that the results of such 
                studies are available to the public and shall report to 
                the Congress on the results of such studies, including 
                statistics concerning all health endpoints and all 
                contaminants as determined by rates of occurrence by 
                age and gender.''; and
            (3) by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(3) Definitions.--As used in this subsection:
                    ``(A) Endocrine disruptor.--The term `endocrine 
                disruptor' means a foreign substance that changes 
                endocrine function, such as levels of effective 
                hormones in the body, and causes adverse effects in a 
                person or his or her children.
                    ``(B) Endpoint.--The term `endpoint' means a 
                measurable health effect that is caused by a foreign 
                substance.
                    ``(C) Morbidity.--The term `morbidity', with 
                respect to an endpoint, means an endpoint that does not 
                result in death.''.
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