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HR 4976 117th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Pollution liability Water quality

Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act

Introduced: August 6, 2021 Introduced by: Slotkin, Elissa Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Aug 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Aug 6, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Aug 6, 2021
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Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense's (DOD's) response actions to address perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substance contamination from DOD or National Guard activities to meet certain standards. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects.

DOD must conduct such response actions to achieve a level of PFAS in the environmental media that meets or exceeds the most stringent of the following standards for each applicable PFAS:

  • the state standard of the state in which the response action is being conducted under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA),
  • a federal standard under CERCLA, or
  • a health advisory under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
What's happening now August 9, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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Khanna, Ro
California · Aug 6, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4976: Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4976/
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"H.R. 4976: Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4976/.
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H.R. 4976, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4976/.
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