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
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.
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.