S 3381
115th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Military facilities and property
National Guard and reserves
Pollution liability
Soil pollution
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply
PFAS Accountability Act of 2018
Introduced: August 23, 2018
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 23, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Aug 23, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
PFAS 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, groundwater, land surface, or subsurface strata contaminated from a perfluorinated compound originating from a federal facility or a former facility, such as a decommissioned military installation. A "perfluorinated compound" means a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man made with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
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