[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[S. 1824 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 261
113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1824

  To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt certain lead pipes, 
        fittings, fixtures, solder, and flux that contain brass.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 13 (legislative day, December 11), 2013

Mr. Enzi (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Moran, 
  Mr. Hatch, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Thune) introduced the following bill; 
                     which was read the first time

                           December 15, 2013

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt certain lead pipes, 
        fittings, fixtures, solder, and flux that contain brass.

    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 ``Drinking Water Supply Assistance Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTING CERTAIN USES OF LEAD.

    Section 1417(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-
6(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) except as provided in paragraph (5), any 
                pipe, pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, solder, or 
                flux that contains brass that is not lead free if--
                            ``(i) a supplier of water owns the brass 
                        before the date of enactment of this 
                        subparagraph;
                            ``(ii) the brass is used to prevent or 
                        mitigate--
                                    ``(I) a deficit in the budget of a 
                                municipality; or
                                    ``(II) an interruption in service 
                                of a public water system; and
                            ``(iii) the supplier of water is otherwise 
                        in compliance with (as of the date on which the 
                        brass is used) all laws (including 
                        regulations), except any monitoring 
                        requirement, including subpart C of part 141 of 
                        title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, 
                        regarding lead in water.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Finding of unreasonable risk to public health.--The 
        exemption in paragraph (4)(C) shall not apply to a municipality 
        if the Administrator finds that the exemption, as applied to 
        the municipality or all municipalities, would result in an 
        unreasonable risk to public health.''.

SEC. 3. EVALUATION OF SOURCES OF LEAD IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND 
              ALTERNATE ROUTING SYSTEMS.

    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall--
            (1) consult with and seek the advice of the National 
        Drinking Water Advisory Council on potential changes to the 
        regulations pertaining to lead under the Safe Drinking Water 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.); and
            (2) request the Council to consider sources of lead 
        throughout drinking water distribution systems, including 
        through components used to reroute drinking water during 
        distribution system repairs.
                                                       Calendar No. 261

113th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1824

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                                 A BILL

  To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt certain lead pipes, 
        fittings, fixtures, solder, and flux that contain brass.

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                           December 15, 2013

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar