[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2377 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2377

 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 total per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2019

  Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
Tonko, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) 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 total per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, 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 ``Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS ON PFAS.

    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) Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.--
                Notwithstanding any other deadline established in this 
                subsection, not later than 2 years 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 total 
                per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.''.
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