[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2244-S2245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1468. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1460 proposed by Mr. Carper (for himself and Mrs. 
Capito) to the bill S. 914, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs under 
those Acts, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. DEPLETION RATES OF FRESHWATER AQUIFERS.

       Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Administrator shall conduct, and submit to 
     Congress a report describing the results of, a study 
     analyzing--

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       (1) the depletion rate of freshwater aquifers as a result 
     of overuse of those aquifers by public water systems (as 
     defined in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300f)); and
       (2) the likelihood and results of saltwater intrusion into 
     freshwater aquifers due to the overuse described in paragraph 
     (1).
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