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S 3169 117th Congress Senate Health

Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021

Introduced: November 4, 2021 Introduced by: Hassan, Margaret Wood Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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Nov 4, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 4, 2021
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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 4, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6026 Identical bill Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Mar 29, 2022
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Mar 23, 2022
 D
Hickenlooper, John W.
Colorado · Dec 9, 2021
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Nov 17, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3169: Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3169/
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"S. 3169: Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3169/.
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S. 3169, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3169/.
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