3.0.0 2994 2023-01-01T23:49:15Z 2023-01-01T23:49:15Z Senate S 2021-10-19 117 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-10-19T16:31:29Z PROTECT Act of 2022 117 7142 HR 2022-03-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Related bill CRS 2021-10-19 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7074) IntroReferral 2021-10-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA N S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2021-10-19 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-10-19 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-10-19 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2021-10-19 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-10-19 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-10-21 False Environmental Protection Environmental Protection 00 2021-10-19 Introduced in Senate 2022-11-04T19:47:26Z Prevent Release Of Toxics Emissions, Contamination, and Transfer Act of 2021 or the PROTECT Act of 2021

This bill adds specified perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. These substances are man-made and may have adverse human health effects.

]]> PROTECT Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to list certain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous air pollutants, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title PROTECT Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced PROTECT Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Prevent Release Of Toxics Emissions, Contamination, and Transfer Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2994is/xml/BILLS-117s2994is.xml 2021-10-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7074) 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.