3.0.0 3381 2023-01-11T13:41:40Z 2023-01-11T13:41:40Z Senate S 2018-08-23 115 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-08-23T21:03:27Z PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018 115 6835 HR 2018-09-17 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. Related bill CRS 2018-08-23 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2018-08-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2018-08-23 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2018-08-23 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2018-08-23 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2018-08-23 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2018-08-23 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2018-08-23 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-08-23 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2018-08-28 False M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2018-08-28 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2018-09-05 False Environmental Protection Congressional oversight Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental regulatory procedures Government buildings, facilities, and property Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Intergovernmental relations Military facilities and property National Guard and reserves Pollution liability Soil pollution State and local government operations Water quality Water use and supply Environmental Protection 00 2018-08-23 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-06T21:08:43Z PFAS Accountability Act of 2018

This bill requires the federal government, on the request of a state, to cooperate with the state to address drinking water, surface water, groundwater, land surface, or subsurface strata contaminated from a perfluorinated compound originating from a federal facility or a former facility, such as a decommissioned military installation. A "perfluorinated compound" means a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man made with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.

]]> PFAS Accountability Act of 2018 Display Title PFAS Accountability Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to encourage Federal agencies to expeditiously enter into or amend cooperative agreements with States for removal and remedial actions to address PFAS contamination in drinking, surface, and ground water and land surface and subsurface strata, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced PFAS Accountability Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3381is/xml/BILLS-115s3381is.xml 2018-08-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.