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Bipartisan Senate efforts to mandate agencies address growing PFAS crisis
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21 Jun 2019
As more than two dozen federal legislative proposals to address PFAS elbow their way through the halls of Congress, the Senate is likely to pass the National Defense Authorization Act before the July Fourth holiday with various bipartisan PFAS provisions that include reach beyond the Department of Defense.
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2377, the “Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act of 2019”
Policy
31 May 2019
Reps. Boyle (D-PA) and Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced a bill that require the EPA to set a drinking water maximum contaminant level for total per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to protect public health.
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Capito among Senators seeking faster EPA action on PFAS chemical pollution
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28 May 2019 | wvik
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced two bills aimed at further regulating a group of toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The chemicals include PFOA, or C-8, used to make nonstick products and other similar chemicals…
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2827, the "Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2019"
Policy
17 May 2019
Rep. Dingell, Debbie (D-MI) introduced a bill that would designated all PFAS in food contact materials unsafe under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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13 Federal PFAS bills will get Committee Hearing on Wednesday
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15 May 2019 | MLive
Federal attention to PFAS will get a boost on Wednesday when a subcommittee in the House of Representatives convenes a hearing on 13 pending bills from legislators around the U.S. The hearing is entitled, ‘Protecting Americans at Risk of PFAS Contamination & Exposure.’ It was called by Chairman Rep. Frank…
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Congress told to stop PFAS at pollution sources
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15 May 2019 | MLive
[PFAS] have been found in 43 states and officials have identified where at least 19 million people drink water containing them. Requests to the military for mitigation abound; some cleanups are underway. And many states - including Michigan - are looking at legislation and new regulation to increase protections for resident… increasing scrutiny... before they reach drinking water needs to be part of the national agenda...
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2638, the "Minimizing the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS"
Policy
9 May 2019
Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie (D-TX) introduced a bill that direct the Administrator of the EPA to issue guidance on limiting the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS.
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2626, the "PFAS Accountability Act of 2019"
Policy
9 May 2019
Rep. Upton, Fred (R-MI) introduced a bill that would encourage Federal agencies to work with States in order to improve the removal and remedial actions to address PFAS contamination in drinking, surface, and ground water and land surface and subsurface strata.
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2608, the "PFAS Testing Act of 2019"
Policy
9 May 2019
Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick (D-NY) introduced a bill that would require the testing of PFAS under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2605, the "Prevent Release Of Toxics Emissions, Contamination, and Transfer Act of 2019"
Policy
8 May 2019
Rep. Stevens, Haley M. (D-MI) introduced a bill that would direct the Administrator of the EPA to classify PFAS as a hazardous air pollutant.
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2596, the "Protecting Communities from New PFAS Act"
Policy
8 May 2019
Rep. Kuster, Ann M. (D-NH) introduced a bill that would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to require manufacturing and processing notices for PFAS containing products.
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2591, the "PFAS Waste Incineration Ban Act"
Policy
8 May 2019
Rep. Khanna, Ro (D-CA) introduced a bill that would prohibit the incineration of PFAS containing waste.
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2577, the "PFAS Right-To-Know Act"
Policy
8 May 2019
Rep. Delgado, Antonio (D-NY) introduced a bill that would amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to include PFAS on the Toxics Release Inventory.
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2570, the "PFAS User Fee Act of 2019"
Policy
8 May 2019
Rep. Rouda, Harley (D-CA) introduced a bill that would ensure that polluters pay ongoing water treatment costs associated with exposure from PFAS pollution.
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U.S. Congress: H.R. 2533, the "Providing Financial Assistance for Safe Drinking Water Act"
Policy
7 May 2019
Chairman Pallone (D-NJ) introduced a bill would require the EPA Administrator to establish a program to award grants to PFAS-affected water systems to pay the capital costs associated with installing treatment technologies that can remove all detectable amounts of PFAS from drinking water.