,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bh1       
#bjai,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,carper7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,safe ,drinking ,water ,amendments of  
#aigg to require the ,administrator of  
the ,environmental ,protection ,agency  
to report certain hiring to carry out   
the ,safe ,drinking ,water ,act4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,epa ,special ,hiring ,authority   
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,requirement to
 report hiring to carry out the ,safe   
,drinking ,water ,act ,section #aa7;b7  
of the ,safe ,drinking ,water           
,amendments of #aigg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4     
#cjj;j-#aj7 is amended-- 7#a7 by        
striking 7b7 ,to the extent and         
inserting the following3  7b7           
,appointment of personnel  7#a7 ,in     
general ,to the extent  2 and  7#b7 by  

adding at the end the following3  7#b7  
,reporting of hiring required  7,a7 ,in 
general ,not later than #cj days after  
an appointment is made under this       
subsection1 the ,administrator of the   
,environmental ,protection ,agency shall
 provide notification of the appointment
 to--  7i7 the ,committee on            
,environment and ,public ,works of the  
,senate2  7ii7 the ,committee on        
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate2  7iii7 the     
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of  
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     
7iv7 the ,committee on ,oversight and   
,reform of the ,house of                
,representatives4  7,b7 ,notification   
requirements ,the notification required 
under subparagraph 7,a7 shall include   
the following information about the     
appointment that was made under this    
subsection3  7i7 ,the name of the       
appointee4  7ii7 ,the title of the      
appointee4  7iii7 ,the salary of the    
appointee4  7iv7 ,a detailed            

justification explaining why the        
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency deemed the          
appointment necessary to appropriately  
discharge the functions of the          
,administrator under the ,safe ,drinking
 ,water ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;f et   
seq47 and other provisions of law4  4