[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2182. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Feinstein, 
and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division E, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 50___. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS.

       Section 1412(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
     300g-1(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(16) Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.--
       ``(A) Required regulations.--Not later than 2 years after 
     the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator 
     shall publish a maximum contaminant level and promulgate a 
     national primary drinking water regulation for perfluoroalkyl 
     and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including, at a minimum--
       ``(i) perfluorooctanoic acid (commonly referred to as 
     `PFOA'); and
       ``(ii) perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (commonly referred to 
     as `PFOS').
       ``(B) Monitoring.--In establishing monitoring requirements 
     under the national primary drinking water regulation for 
     perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances under 
     subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall--
       ``(i) consider options for tailoring monitoring 
     requirements for public water systems that do not detect, or 
     are reliably and consistently below the maximum contaminant 
     level for, those substances; and
       ``(ii) prioritize the use of existing authorities to 
     provide technical assistance and funding to help small, 
     rural, or disadvantaged public water systems to comply with 
     the national primary drinking water regulation.
       ``(C) Health protection.--The national primary drinking 
     water regulation for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 
     substances under subparagraph (A) shall be protective of the 
     health of subpopulations at greater risk, as described in 
     section 1458.
       ``(D) Health risk reduction and cost analysis.--In meeting 
     the requirements of paragraph (3)(C) with respect to the 
     national primary drinking water regulation for perfluoroalkyl 
     and polyfluoroalkyl substances under subparagraph (A), the 
     Administrator may rely on information available to the 
     Administrator with respect to 1 or more specific 
     perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances to extrapolate 
     reasoned conclusions with respect to the health risks and 
     effects of a class of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
     substances of which the specific perfluoroalkyl or 
     polyfluoroalkyl substances are a part, including by using 
     techniques described in--
       ``(i) the document of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     entitled `Generalized Read-Across (GenRA)' (or a successor 
     document); and
       ``(ii) the Toxicity Estimation Software Tool of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency (or a successor tool).''.
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