110 STAT. 1680 PUBLIC LAW 104-182—AUG. 6, 1996 42 USC 300J-17. 42 USC 300tj-18. "(C) lacks a safe drinking water supply or adequate facilities for the provision of safe drinking water for human consumption. "(b) GRANTS TO ALLEVIATE HEALTH RISKS.—The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies are authorized to award grants to a border State to provide assistance to eligible communities to facilitate compliance with national primary drinking water regulations or otherwise significantly further the health protection objectives of this title. "(c) USE OF FUNDS.— Each grant awarded pursuant to subsection (b) shall be used to provide assistance to one or more eligible communities with respect to which the residents are subject to a significant health risk (as determined by the Administrator or the head of the Federal agency making the grant) attributable to the lack of access to an adequate and affordable drinking water supply system. "(d) COST SHARING. —The amount of a grgint awarded pursuant to this section shall not exceed 50 percent of the costs of carrying out the project that is the subject of the grant. "(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 1999.". SEC. 136. ESTROGENIC SUBSTANCES SCREENING PROGRAM. Part E (42 U.S.C. 300j et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: "ESTROGENIC SUBSTANCES SCREENING PROGRAM "SEC 1457. In addition to the substances referred to in section 408(p)(3)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(p)(3)(B)) the Administrator may provide for testing under the screening program authorized by section 408(p) of such Act, in accordance with the provisions of section 408(p) of such Act, of any other substance that may be found in sources of drinking water if the Administrator determines that a substantial population may be exposed to such substance.". SEC. 137. DRINKING WATER STUDIES. Part E (42 U.S.C. 300j et seq.) is amended by adding afler section 1457 the following: "DRINKING WATER STUDIES "SEC. 1458. (a) SUBPOPULATIONS AT GREATER RISK. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Administrator shall conduct a continuing program of studies to identify groups within the general population that may be at greater risk than the general population of adverse health effects from exposure to contaminants in drinking water. The study shall examine whether and to what degree infants, children, pregnant women, the elderly, individuals with a history of serious illness, or other subpopulations that can be identified and characterized are likely to experience elevated health risks, including risks of cancer, from contaminants in drinking water. "(2) REPORT. —Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this subsection and periodically thereafter as new
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