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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 13, 2025
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.
People & committees
Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6] · R–AL
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-01-13 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This resolution proposes to cancel the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead and Copper Rule Improvements, a rule concerning lead and copper in drinking water. If enacted, it would make that rule have no legal force or effect. The supplied resolution does not describe the rule’s requirements or identify precisely who must comply with them.
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.
The proposed disapproval targets the specific EPA rule published on October 30, 2024, at page 86418 of volume 89 of the Federal Register. The resolution would render that rule ineffective; it does not provide replacement drinking-water requirements or a separate implementation date.
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.
The official-actions snapshot updated February 14, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 13, 2025. This snapshot does not establish subsequent action or enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2025-02-14T14:22:01Z. 2025-01-13: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-01-13: Introduced in House
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