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Dick Durbin: I ask unanimous consent that the bills be read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made…

On the recordDecember 11, 2014
I ask unanimous consent that the bills be read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 3044) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed. The bill (S. 2785) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 2785 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Safe and Secure Drinking Water Protection Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. MICROCYSTINS IN DRINKING WATER. (a) Health Advisory.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this Act as the ``Administrator'') shall develop and publish a health advisory including recommendations on-- (1)(A) the level of microcystins in drinking water below which the water is expected to be safe for human consumption; and (B) feasible treatment techniques and other means for achieving that level; and (2) standardized procedures for testing for microcystins in drinking water.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Dec 11, 2014

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