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H. Rept. 117-76 1 (2021-06-29)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxadxf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 117TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-76 ASSISTANCE, QUALITY, AND AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2021 JUNE 29, 2021.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, submitted the following R E P O R T together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 3291] The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3291) to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to pro- vide assistance for States, territories, areas affected by natural dis- asters, and water systems and schools affected by PFAS or lead, and to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations for PFAS, microcystin toxin, and 1,4-dioxane, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec- ommends that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page I. Purpose and Sum m ary .............................................................................. 11 II. Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................... 11 III. Committee Hearings .................................................................................. 14 IV . Com m ittee Consideration .......................................................................... 15 V. Committee Votes ........................................................................................ 15 VI. Oversight Findings ..................................................................................... 22 VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 22 VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent .................................................................... 22 IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................... 22 X. Duplication of Federal Program s .............................................................. 22 X I. Com m ittee Cost E stim ate ........................................................................... 22 XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............... 23 XIII. Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ................................................................ 23 XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................... 23 XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ......................................... 23 19-006