To reduce unnecessary paperwork burdens on community water systems.

SA 2247. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Boozman,
and Mr. Sessions) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill S. 3240, to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 1009, after line 11, add the following:

SEC. 122__. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS BY COMMUNITY WATER
SYSTEMS.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) community water systems play an important role in rural
United States infrastructure; and
(2) since rural water infrastructure projects are routinely
funded under the rural development programs of the Department
of Agriculture, Congress should strive to reduce the
regulatory and paperwork burdens placed on community water
systems.
(b) Method of Delivering Report.--Section 1414(c)(4)(A) of
the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g 3(c)(4)(A)) is
amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ``The Administrator,
in consultation'' and inserting the following:
``(i) In general.--The Administrator, in consultation'';
(2) in clause (i) (as designated by paragraph (1)), in the
first sentence, by striking ``to mail to each customer'' and
inserting ``to provide, in accordance with clause (ii) or
(iii), as applicable, to each customer''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) Mailing requirement for violation of maximum
contaminant level.--If a violation of the maximum contaminant
level for any regulated contaminant has occurred during the
year concerned, the regulations under clause (i) shall
require the applicable community water system to mail a copy
of the consumer confidence report to each customer of the
system.
``(iii) Mailing requirement absent any violation of maximum
contaminant level.--

``(I) In general.--If no violation of the maximum
contaminant level for any regulated contaminant has occurred
during the year concerned, the regulations under clause (i)
shall require the applicable community water system to make
the consumer confidence report available by, at the
discretion of the community water system--

``(aa) mailing a copy of the consumer confidence report to
each customer of the system; or
``(bb) subject to subclause (II), making a copy of the
consumer confidence report available on a publicly accessible
Internet site of the community water system and by mail, at
the request of a customer.

``(II) Requirements.--If a community water system elects to
provide consumer confidence reports to consumers under
subclause (I)(bb), the community water system shall provide
to each customer of the community water system, in plain
language and in the same manner (such as in printed or
electronic form) in which the customer has elected to pay the
bill of the customer, notice that--

``(aa) the community water system has remained in
compliance with the maximum contaminant level for each
regulated contaminant during the year concerned; and
``(bb) a consumer confidence report is available on a
publicly accessible Internet site of the community water
system and, on request, by mail.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1414(c)(4) of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g 3(c)(4)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by striking ``mailing requirement of subparagraph (A)''
and inserting ``mailing requirement of clause (ii) or (iii)
of subparagraph (A)''; and
(2) in subparagraph (D), in the first sentence of the
matter preceding clause (i), by

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striking ``mailing requirement of subparagraph (A)'' and
inserting ``mailing requirement of clause (ii) or (iii) of
subparagraph (A)''.
(d) Application; Administrative Actions.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by this section take
effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall promulgate any revised regulations
and take any other actions necessary to carry out the
amendments made by this section.
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