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PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018

Introduced: September 17, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Sep 17, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 17, 2018
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PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018

This bill requires the federal government, on the request of a state, to cooperate with the state to address drinking water, surface water, ground water, sediment, or soil contaminated from a perfluorinated compound released from a federal facility or a former federal facility. A perfluorinated compound means a perfluoroalkyl substance, or a polyfluoroalkyl substance, that is man made and contains at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.

Within a year, the Environmental Protection Agency must determine whether to designate perfluorinated compounds as hazardous substances.

What's happening now September 17, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3381 Related bill PFAS Accountability Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · Nov 2, 2018
Bishop, Mike
· Oct 5, 2018
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Bergman, Jack
Michigan · Sep 26, 2018
Costello, Ryan
· Sep 26, 2018
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Sep 17, 2018
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Sep 17, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6835: PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6835/
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"H.R. 6835: PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6835/.
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H.R. 6835, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6835/.
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