S. 2466: Improving Notification for Clean and Safe Drinking Water Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-01-27 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-01-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Improving Notification for Clean and Safe Drinking Water Act of 2016

Plain summary

Improving Notification for Clean and Safe Drinking Water Act of 2016 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require public water systems to notify their customers of lead concentration levels in drinking water that exceed lead limits under national primary drinking water regulations. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must notify the public within 15 days of the lead levels exceeding those limits if the public water system or the state does not notify the public. The EPA may notify the public or the local or state health department of the result of lead monitoring conducted by a public water system.

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Official text

Improving Notification for Clean and Safe Drinking Water Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · 8 cosponsors

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Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Brian Schatz (D-HI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] reported raising $303,094 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s2466.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s2466 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114