[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6140 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6140

 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of 
 the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant 
level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation 
                for perchlorate, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2016

 Mr. Cardenas 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 require the Administrator of 
 the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant 
level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation 
                for perchlorate, 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. DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS ON PERCHLORATE.

    Section 1412(b)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-
1(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Perchlorate.--Notwithstanding any other 
                deadline established in this subsection, not later than 
                12 months after the date of enactment of this 
                subparagraph, the Administrator shall publish a maximum 
                contaminant level goal and promulgate a national 
                primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate.''.
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