H.R. 4976 · 117th Congress
Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act
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Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Aug 6, 2021
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act
Latest action (Aug 9, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Aug 6, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.