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HR 7897 117th Congress House Environmental Protection

PFAS Reference Standards Act

Introduced: July 12, 2022 See on congress.gov
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May 27, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 27, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

PFAS Reference Standards Act

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to require manufacturers of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, to submit an analytical reference standard for each PFAS it has manufactured since ten years prior to the enactment of this bill.

What's happening now May 27, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2467 Related bill PFAS Action Act of 2021
  • HR 4350 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jul 27, 2022
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jul 19, 2022
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Jul 14, 2022
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 14, 2022
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jul 12, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 12, 2022
Posey, Bill
· Jul 12, 2022
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jun 21, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7897: PFAS Reference Standards Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7897/
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"H.R. 7897: PFAS Reference Standards Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7897/.
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H.R. 7897, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7897/.
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