Italicized items indicate new legislation or a change in status since last month
SENATE BILLS
S. 78: The Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Perchlorate Act
Requires EPA to finalize a national drinking water regulation for perchlorate within one year of the bill’s enactment.
Sponsor: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
Status: Introduced 1/25/11; referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S. 79: The Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Hexavalent Chromium Act
Require EPA to finalize a national drinking water regulation for chromium-6 within one year of the bill’s enactment.
Sponsor: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)
Status: Introduced 1/25/11; referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S. 473: The Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act
Extends the Department of Homeland Security’s CFATS program through October 4, 2014. Continues the water and wastewater sector exemption.
Sponsor: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Status: Introduced 3/15/11; referred to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
S. 587: The Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act
Allows EPA to regulate hydraulic fracturing chemicals under SDWA, and requires the disclosure of fracking mixtures.
Sponsor: Sen. Robert Casey (D-Penn.)
Status: Introduced 3/15/11; referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S. 652: The Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development (BUILD) Act
Establishes an infrastructure bank through an American Infrastructure Financing Authority to offer loans to certain transportation, energy, and water projects.
Sponsor: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
Status: Introduced 3/17/11; referred to the Senate Committee on Finance.
S. 709: The Secure Chemical Facilities Act
Reauthorizes the Department of Homeland Security’s CFATS program, and imposes “inherently safer technology” review and implementation mandates on chemical facilities. Continues CFATS exemption for water and wastewater systems.
Sponsor: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
Status: Introduced 3/31/11; referred to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
S. 711: The Secure Water Facilities Act
Imposes an updated EPA-based facility security program on water and wastewater systems. Requires certain utilities to review “inherently safer technology” options, and allows state regulators to review utility “IST” implementation decisions.
Sponsor: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
Status: Introduced 3/31/11; referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S. 718: To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides.
Bars the federal government from requiring additional permits for pesticides that are used in a manner consistent with their FIFRA label.
Sponsor: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)
Status: Introduced 4/4/11; referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
HOUSE BILLS
H.R. 402: The National Infrastructure Development Bank Act
Creates a National Infrastructure Bank at the U.S. Treasury to help communities finance energy, environmental, telecommunications, and transportation infrastructure projects.
Sponsor: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
Status: Introduced 1/24/11; referred to the House Committees on Financial Services, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R. 553: The Endocrine Disruptor Screening Enhancement Act
Updates the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, which was established to help EPA identify chemicals in water supplies that disrupt hormones.
Sponsor: Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)
Status: Introduced 2/8/11; referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 872: The Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act
Exempts from NPDES permitting requirements discharges of FIFRA-approved pesticides into waters as long as the pesticide is being used for its intended purpose and is discharged in compliance with pesticide label rules.
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Oh.)
Status: Passed by the House, 3/31/11; referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
H.R. 901: The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Security Authorization Act
Enshrines the Department of Homeland Security’s CFATS regulations in statue, and authorizes the program through September 30, 2018. Maintains the water and wastewater sector exemption.
Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Lungren (R-Calif.)
Status: Approved by the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, 4/14/11.
H.R. 908: The Full Implementation of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Act
Extends the Department of Homeland Security’s CFATS program through 2017. Continues the water and wastewater sector exemption.
Sponsor: Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Penn.)
Status: Introduced 3/3/11; referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 916: The Continuing Chemical Facilities Antiterrorism Security Act
Extends the Department of Homeland Security’s CFATS program through October 4, 2015. Continues the water and wastewater sector exemption.
Sponsor: Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Penn.)
Status: Introduced 3/3/11; referred to the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security.
H.R. 1084: The Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act
Companion legislation to S. 587.
Sponsor: Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)
Status: Introduced 3/15/11; referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 1340: The End Unnecessary Costs Caused by Report Mailing Act
Allows drinking water systems that are in compliance with all MCLs to distribute annual consumer confidence reports to customers electronically rather than through postal mail.
Sponsor: Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.)
Status: Introduced 4/1/11; referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 1427: The Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
Reauthorizes Safe Drinking Water Act technical assistance for community water systems that serve fewer than 10,000 people.
Sponsor: Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.)
Status: Introduced 4/7/11; referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.