Test Your Well Water Act

Test Your Well Water Act

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a website that contains specified information relating to the testing of household well water, including a list of certified laboratories that analyze samples.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6053 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6053

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
    establish a household well water testing website, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2020

Mr. Kildee (for himself, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Kind, and Mr. 
   Delgado) 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 
    establish a household well water testing website, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Test Your Well Water Act''.

SEC. 2. HOUSEHOLD WELL WATER TESTING WEBSITE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall establish a website containing information 
relating to the testing of household well water.
    (b) Contents.--The Administrator shall include on the website 
established under subsection (a) the following:
            (1) Information on how to get groundwater that is the 
        source for a household water well tested by a well inspector 
        who is certified by a qualified third party.
            (2) A list of laboratories that analyze water samples and 
        are certified by a State or the Administrator.
            (3) State-specific information, developed in coordination 
        with each State, on naturally occurring and human-induced 
        contaminants.
            (4) Information that, using accepted risk communication 
        techniques, clearly communicates whether a test result value 
        exceeds a level determined by the Administrator or the State to 
        pose a health risk.
            (5) Information on treatment options, including information 
        relating to water treatment systems certified by the National 
        Science Foundation or the American National Standards 
        Institute, and people who are qualified to install such 
        systems.
            (6) A directory of whom to contact to report a test result 
        value that exceeds a level determined by the Administrator or 
        the State to pose a health risk.
            (7) Information on financial assistance that is available 
        for homeowners to support water treatment, including grants 
        under section 306E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
        Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926e) and State resources.
            (8) Any other information the Administrator considers 
        appropriate.
    (c) Coordination.--The Administrator shall coordinate with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
and appropriate State agencies in carrying out this section.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.
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