To require the use of Environmental Protection Agency funds to implement recommendations relating to clean and safe water compliance.

SA 3607. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, and Mr.
Cardin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA
3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title II of division A, insert the following:
Using funds appropriated under this title, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall
implement the recommendations described in the report of the
Office of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection
Agency entitled ``Management Weakness Delayed Response to
Flint Water Crisis'', numbered 18-P-0221, and dated July 19,
2018, to ensure clean and safe water compliance under the
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.). If the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not
implement 1 or more recommendations required by the preceding
sentence, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations and Environment and Public Works of the Senate
and the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Commerce
of the House of Representatives a report explaining why the
Administrator did not implement the recommendation and
identifying specific actions the Administrator is
implementing to address the concerns raised in the report.
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