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On the recordJuly 22, 2015
I am in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Foster moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1734 to the Energy and Commerce Committee, with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith, with the following amendment: Page 11, after line 16, insert the following: ``(D) Protecting drinking water and the great lakes.--The implementing agency shall require that all structures that are surface impoundments meet criteria for design, construction, operation, and maintenance sufficient to-- ``(i) prevent any toxic contamination of groundwater; and ``(ii) protect sources of drinking water, including the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater system in the world.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois
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Jul 22, 2015

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