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H.R. 3387: Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017

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H.R. 3387: Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-25 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017

Plain summary

Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide support for public water systems and promote compliance by the systems with drinking water regulations. The bill expands requirements concerning consumer confidence reports issued by community water systems. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state with primary enforcement authority responsibility under the Act may require the owners or operators of certain public water systems that have repeatedly violated national primary drinking water regulations to consolidate or transfer ownership. The EPA must develop a strategic plan for improving the accuracy and availability of compliance monitoring data. The bill expands risk assessment requirements for community water systems to include risks from natural hazards. The bill creates a grant program within the EPA called the Drinking Water Infrastructure Risk and Resilience Program. The bill: (1) reauthorizes through FY2022 the public water system supervision grant program and the source water petition program, and (2) reauthorizes through FY2022 and revises the drinking water state revolving fund. The bill expands requirements for public water systems to monitor unregulated containments. The EPA must establish a grant program for the replacement of drinking water fountains that contain lead in schools and day care facilities. This bill amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to ensure that states and community water systems are notified of a release of a contaminant into their source waters.

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s)), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3387, Drinking Water System Improvement Act of 2017 (2017-09-26)

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3387 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115