Congress would strike down the EPA's updated rules for reducing lead and copper in drinking water — regulations known as the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). Those rules, finalized in October 2024, set tighter standards for how water systems test for and address lead contamination, which is especially dangerous for children and pregnant women. If this resolution passes, the updated protections would be erased, reverting oversight to whatever rules were previously in place.
Congressional Summary
This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Improvements (LCRI), which was submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency on October 30, 2024. The rule modifies the regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act to further reduce lead in drinking water, including by directing water systems to replace all lead and certain galvanized service lines under their control within 10 years.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-02-12
- Date Added
- 2026-04-16