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This resolution would отмен? no, it would reject a recent Environmental Protection Agency rule about lead and copper in drinking water. If Congress approves the resolution, the EPA’s new “improvements” rule would be canceled and would not take effect. In simple terms, this bill is about stopping the federal government from moving forward with that drinking water regulation.
- It uses Congress’s review power to overturn the EPA rule.
- The rule being targeted is the EPA’s update to the national drinking water standards for lead and copper.
- If the resolution passes, the rule would have no legal effect.
- The measure was introduced in the House and sent to the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Official Summaries
This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements (LCRI), which was submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency on October 30, 2024. The rule modifies the regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act to further reduce lead in drinking water, including by directing water systems to replace all lead and certain galvanized service lines under their control within 10 years.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 44 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 44
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental
Protection Agency relating to ``National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements (LCRI)''.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 12, 2025
Mr. Clyde submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental
Protection Agency relating to ``National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements (LCRI)''.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the
rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to
``National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper:
Improvements (LCRI)'' (89 Fed. Reg. 86418 (October 30, 2024)), and such
rule shall have no force or effect.
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