H.R. 4556

Summary

H.R. 4556, the Protect Our TEETH Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 21, 2025 by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) with 12 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Jul 21, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 4556 has 12 co-sponsors.

119 HR 4556 IH: Protect Our Treatment for Enamel, Erosion, and Tooth Health Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-21
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4556  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   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    A BILL
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.
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  .
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.
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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.

Sponsors

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) sponsors H.R. 4556, and 12 members have co-sponsored it, 8 of them from the day it was introduced.

Emanuel Cleaver

Rep. · D–MO-5 · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 21, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025 · Original

Wesley Bell

Rep. · D–MO-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025 · Original

Donald Davis

Rep. · D–NC-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025 · Original

Cleo Fields

Rep. · D–LA-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025 · Original

Maxwell Frost

Rep. · D–FL-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025 · Original

Josh Gottheimer

Rep. · D–NJ-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025 · Original

Emilia Sykes

Rep. · D–OH-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025 · Original

Shri Thanedar

Rep. · D–MI-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025 · Original

Jill Tokuda

Rep. · D–HI-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 2, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 4556 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Jul 21, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4556 has taken 2 actions since Jul 21, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 4556 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 4556 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• Protect Our TEETH Act — Display Title
• Protect Our TEETH Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Protect Our Treatment for Enamel, Erosion, and Tooth Health Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 16 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4556 in 8 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Medicare/Medicaid, Defense, Indian/Native American Affairs, Insurance, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4556 under Environmental Protection, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4556’s is Environmental Protection.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4556, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 124 (Monday, July 21, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CLEAVER:H.R. 4556.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:US Cons. art I, Sec. 8, cl 18[Page H3527]

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