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HR 6026 117th Congress House Health

Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021

Introduced: March 31, 2022 Introduced by: Dingell, Debbie Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Nov 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 18, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 18, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021

This bill prohibits food packaging that contains intentionally added PFAS (i.e., a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man-made with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom).

What's happening now November 19, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 22
All 22 Democratic 18 Republican 1
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Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Dec 1, 2022
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jul 29, 2022
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 21, 2022
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 23, 2022
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Jun 21, 2022
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jun 8, 2022
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · May 31, 2022
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 27, 2022
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 27, 2022
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 1, 2022
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Mar 31, 2022
KIND, RON
· Mar 31, 2022
Posey, Bill
· Mar 31, 2022
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 29, 2022
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Mar 24, 2022
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Mar 24, 2022
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 16, 2022
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 25, 2022
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Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Feb 2, 2022
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jan 28, 2022
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jan 14, 2022
YOUNG, DON
· Nov 18, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6026: Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6026/
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"H.R. 6026: Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6026/.
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H.R. 6026, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6026/.
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