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PFAS Accountability Act of 2018

Introduced: August 23, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Aug 23, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Aug 23, 2018
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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 August 23, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6835 Related bill PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Aug 28, 2018
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Aug 23, 2018
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Aug 23, 2018
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Aug 23, 2018
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Aug 23, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3381: PFAS Accountability Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3381/
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"S. 3381: PFAS Accountability Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3381/.
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S. 3381, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3381/.
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