HR 5959 · 98th Congress · Water Resources Development
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1984
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate, read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1220.(1984-09-21)
Recorded Votes
PassedHouse · 1984-09-18
Yea 366Nay 27
PassedHouse · 1984-09-18
Yea 366Nay 27
Plain Language Summary
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Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1984 - Title I: Public Water Systems - Amends the Safe Drinking Water (the Act) to revise provisions for national primary drinking water regulations. Provides that, effective on the date of enactment of this Act, each national interim primary drinking water regulation promulgated before such date shall be deemed to be a national primary drinking water regulation. Provides that no such regulation shall be required to comply with specified standards under this Act unless such regulation is amended to establish a different maximum contaminant level after the date of enactment of such amendments. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), within specified time periods for certain contaminants, to: (1) simultaneously propose maximum contaminant level goals and national primary drinking water regulations; and (2) after opportunity for public comment, simultaneously publish maximum contaminant level goals and promulgate national water regulations. Directs the Administrator to do so: (1) within 18 months after the enactment date of this Act, for the 14 contaminants listed in the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in a sp…
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Cosponsors (20)
14 Democrats6 Republicans