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111TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 111-524
ASSISTANCE, QUALITY, AND AFFORDABILITY ACT OF 2010
JULY 1, 2010.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WAXMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5320]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 5320) to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to in-
crease assistance for States, water systems, and disadvantaged
communities; to encourage good financial and environmental man-
agement of water systems; to strengthen the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency's ability to enforce the requirements of the Act; to
reduce lead in drinking water; to strengthen the endocrine
disruptor screening program; and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and
recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
A m endm ent .............................................................................................................. 2
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 13
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 14
Legislative H istory .................................................................................................. 15
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 16
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 16
Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ........................................ 18
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 18
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 18
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 18
Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits .................................................................. 19
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 19
Applicability of Law to Legislative Branch ........................................................... 19
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 19
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 19
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 19
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