H.R. 4556

[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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