[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4556 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4556
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency to seek to enter into an agreement
with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to
carry out a rapid response evidence review of proposed rules relating
to fluoride, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 21, 2025
Mr. Cleaver (for himself, Mr. Frost, Mr. Fields, Mr. Thanedar, Mr.
Bell, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mrs. Sykes, and Ms.
Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency to seek to enter into an agreement
with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to
carry out a rapid response evidence review of proposed rules relating
to fluoride, and for other purposes.
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 ``Protect Our Treatment for Enamel,
Erosion, and Tooth Health Act'' or the ``Protect Our TEETH Act''.
SEC. 2. FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER.
Section 1412(b)(12) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-
1(b)(12)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Fluoride.--
``(i) National academies rapid response
evidence review.--Prior to publishing in the
Federal Register a proposed rule to establish
the maximum contaminant level goal for
fluoride, or, in the national primary drinking
water regulation for fluoride, specify the
maximum contaminant level for fluoride, the
Administrator shall--
``(I) seek to enter into an
agreement with the National Academies
of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
to carry out a rapid response evidence
review of such proposed rule, which
agreement shall specify a timeline of
no fewer than 90 days and no more than
180 days for carrying out such rapid
response evidence review;
``(II) provide the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine with all data and other
information being used to justify such
proposed rule; and
``(III) consider the results of any
such rapid response evidence review
with respect to such proposed rule.
``(ii) Publication.--The Administrator
shall publish in the Federal Register, as a
part of any proposed rule under this
subparagraph, the entirety of the final report
of any rapid response evidence review relating
to such proposed rule.
``(iii) Use of existing funds.--The
Administrator may use funds otherwise available
to the Administrator to carry out this
subparagraph.''.
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