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MI SCR0025
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- Memorializes Congress to enact legislation ensuring citizens receive prompt notification of potential lead contamination in drinking water
- References H.R. 4470, the Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act, which would mandate local water systems notify customers when high lead levels are detected
- Requires EPA to communicate lead contamination notices within 24 hours if state or local water systems fail to notify customers and ensures EPA ultimately verifies household notification of high lead levels
- Cites the Flint water crisis as illustration of inadequate notification requirements and emphasizes particular health risks to young children
- Directs copies of the resolution be sent to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and members of the Michigan congressional delegation
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to enact legislation which ensures that citizens are promptly notified of potential lead in water contamination.
Water Contamination
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Government Operations
2/24/2016
Committee Referrals
Government Operations2/24/2016
Full Bill Text
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