A bill to express the sense of the Senate concerning a new drinking water standard for arsenic.

This bill, introduced in 2001, expresses the official position of the Senate that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should establish a new, stricter national standard for arsenic levels in public drinking water by June 22, 2001. The legislation calls for this new limit to align with existing safety policies for substances known to cause cancer in humans. If implemented, the goal of the bill is to improve public health by reducing the amount of arsenic—a naturally occurring but toxic element—that citizens consume through their local water supplies.