H.R. 1709: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risks of drought to drinking water, and for other purposes.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-26 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risks of drought to drinking water, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and submit to Congress a strategic plan for assessing and managing risks associated with drought to drinking water provided by public water systems. The plan must include steps and time lines to: evaluate the risks posed by drought to drinking water provided by public water systems; establish a comprehensive list of the effects of drought on drinking water that may have an adverse effect on human health; summarize the known adverse human health effects, factors that cause drought, and factors that exacerbate the effects of drought on drinking water provided by public water systems; determine whether to establish guidance for quantifying the effects of drought on drinking water and for determining the frequency of monitoring necessary to detect the effects; recommend feasible treatment options to mitigate such effects, including procedures, equipment, and source water protection practices; and enter into cooperative agreements with, and provide technical assistance to, affected states and public water systems to manage risks associated with the effects of drought on drinking water.

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To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risks of drought to drinking water, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] · 6 cosponsors

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Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1709.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1709 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114