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119-hr-4556119th CongressWALLET

Protect Our TEETH Act

Sponsored By: Representative Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

Introduced

Summary

Independent, time-limited National Academies review before EPA proposes fluoride drinking water limits. This bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to seek an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to carry out a rapid response evidence review and to publish that review with any proposed fluoride rule.

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  • Families and communities: Get more transparency. The full National Academies rapid review would be published in the Federal Register as part of any proposed fluoride standard so the public can see the independent evidence behind the proposal.
  • EPA and rulemakers: Must pursue an external review and formally consider its findings before publishing a proposed maximum contaminant level or goal for fluoride. The agency may use funds already available to meet this requirement.
  • National Academies: Would receive all data and other information used to justify the proposed rule and conduct a rapid response evidence review on a 90 to 180 day timeline.

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Independent review before fluoride water rules

Before proposing new fluoride limits for drinking water, EPA would have to request a rapid evidence review by the National Academies. The review would last 90 to 180 days. EPA would give the Academies all data used to justify the proposal. EPA would have to consider the findings. It would publish the full final review with the proposed rule in the Federal Register. The EPA could use existing funds to do this.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

MO • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]

    LA • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 9/11/2025

  • Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 10/10/2025

  • Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 5/20/2026

Roll Call Votes

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