Investing in Testing Act of 2016

Investing in Testing Act of 2016

This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the health implications of contamination of drinking water by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). (PFASs can accumulate in the body and are commonly found at low levels in food, water, and the environment.)

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6199 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6199

    To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention to complete a study on the human health implications of per- 
 and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in drinking water.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2016

  Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention to complete a study on the human health implications of per- 
 and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination 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 ``Investing in Testing Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. STUDY BY CDC ON HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL 
              SUBSTANCES CONTAMINATION IN DRINKING WATER.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention shall--
            (1) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, commence a study on the human health implications of 
        per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in 
        drinking water; and
            (2) not later than 2 years and 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act--
                    (A) complete such study; and
                    (B) submit a report to the Congress on the results 
                of such study.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this Act, there 
is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000.
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