Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2014

Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act of 2014 - Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and publish within 90 days a health advisory including recommendations on: (1) the level of microcystins (toxins produced by freshwater cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae) in drinking water that is safe for human consumption; (2) feasible treatment techniques and other means for achieving a safe level; and (3) standardized procedures for testing for microcystins in drinking water.

Directs the EPA, until it makes a determination on whether to regulate microcystins in drinking water, to report within 120 days and every year thereafter on: (1) the status of the determination, (2) the steps taken by the EPA to promote testing of drinking water for microcystins in areas that have been affected by harmful algal blooms, and (3) an analysis of available treatment techniques and other means for addressing microcystins in drinking water.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5439 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5439

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
     publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to 
                    Microcystins in drinking water.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2014

  Ms. Kaptur introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
     publish a health advisory and submit reports with respect to 
                    Microcystins in drinking water.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safe and Secure Drinking Water Act 
of 2014''.

SEC. 2. MICROCYSTINS IN DRINKING WATER.

    (a) Health Advisory.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency (in this Act referred to as the ``Administrator'') 
shall develop and publish a health advisory including recommendations 
on--
            (1)(A) the level of Microcystins in drinking water below 
        which the water is expected to be safe for human consumption; 
        and
            (B) feasible treatment techniques and other means for 
        achieving such level; and
            (2) standardized procedures for testing for Microcystins in 
        drinking water.
    (b) Periodic Reports.--
            (1) In general.--Until the Administrator makes a 
        determination of whether or not to regulate Microcystins in 
        drinking water under section 1412(b) of the Safe Drinking Water 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)), the Administrator shall submit 
        reports as required by paragraph (2).
            (2) Reporting requirements.--Not later than 120 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, 
        the Administrator shall submit to the Congress a report on the 
        following:
                    (A) The status of the Administrator's efforts to 
                determine whether to regulate drinking water with 
                respect to the level of Microcystins.
                    (B) The steps taken by the Administrator to promote 
                testing of drinking water for Microcystins in areas 
                that have been affected by harmful algal blooms.
                    (C) An analysis of available treatment techniques 
                and other means for addressing Microcystins in drinking 
                water.
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