[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S8788]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

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                SESSIONS (AND HATCH) AMENDMENT NO. 3245

  Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Hatch) proposed an amendment to the 
bill (S. 2260) making appropriations for the Department of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 30, line 7, strike ``$100,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$150,000,000''.
       On page 36, line 20, strike ``$95,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$45,000,000''.
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                 KERREY (AND HAGEL) AMENDMENT NO. 3246

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. KERREY (for himself and Mr. Hagel) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 2260, supra; as 
follows:

       At the end of the bill insert the following:

     SEC.   . TEMPORARY PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION OR 
                   ENFORCEMENT OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM TREATMENT 
                   REQUIREMENTS FOR COPPER ACTION LEVEL.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds made available by this 
     or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used by the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
     implement or enforce the national primary drinking water 
     regulations for lead and copper in drinking water promulgated 
     under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.), 
     to the extent that the regulations pertain to the public 
     water system treatment requirements related to the copper 
     action level, until--
       (1) the Administrator and the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention jointly conduct a study to 
     establish a reliable dose-response relationship for the 
     adverse human health effects that may result from exposure to 
     copper in drinking water, that--
       (A) includes an analysis of the health effects that may be 
     experienced by groups within the general population 
     (including infants) that are potentially at greater risk of 
     adverse health effects as the result of the exposure;
       (B) is conducted in consultation with interested States;
       (C) is based on the best available science and supporting 
     studies that are subject to peer review and conducted in 
     accordance with sound and objective scientific practices; and
       (D) is completed not later than 30 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (2) based on the results of the study and, once peer 
     reviewed and published, the 2 studies of copper in drinking 
     water conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention in the State of Nebraska and the State of 
     Delaware, the Administrator establishes an action level for 
     the presence of copper in drinking water that protects the 
     public health against reasonably expected adverse effects due 
     to exposure to copper in drinking water.
       (b) Current Requirements.--Nothing in this section 
     precludes a State from implementing or enforcing the national 
     primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper in 
     drinking water promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.) that are in effect on the date of 
     enactment of this Act, to the extent that the regulations 
     pertain to the public water system treatment requirements 
     related to the copper action level.

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