To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out an annual study on the prevalence of boil water advisories.

SA 1469. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1460 proposed by Mr. Carper (for himself and Mrs.
Capito) to the bill S. 914, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs under
those Acts, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ANNUAL STUDY ON BOIL WATER ADVISORIES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Administrator shall conduct a study on the prevalence of boil
water advisories issued in the United States.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator shall submit to Congress
a report describing the results of the most recent study
conducted under subsection (a) as part of the annual budget
request transmitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code.
(2) Requirement.--In the annual report required under
paragraph (1), the Administrator shall include a description
of the reasons for which boil water advisories were issued
during the year covered by the report.
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