3.0.0 5070 2023-03-04T06:24:37Z 2023-03-04T06:24:37Z Senate S 2022-10-11 117 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-10-11T16:54:45Z Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act 117 9186 HR 2022-10-14 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Identical bill CRS 2022-10-11 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6471-6472) IntroReferral 2022-10-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2022-10-11 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2022-11-15 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2022-11-15 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2022-11-15 False L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2022-11-15 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2022-11-29 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2022-12-05 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 00 2022-10-11 Introduced in Senate 2023-02-28T12:24:39Z Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a grant program to help states address contamination by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, on agricultural land and commercial farms.

The bill also requires USDA to establish a task force to provide (1) advice regarding whether addressing PFAS contamination should be added as an eligible activity for each USDA program, and (2) technical assistance to states in addressing PFAS contamination.

]]> Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act Display Title Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to States to address contamination by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances on farms, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s5070is/xml/BILLS-117s5070is.xml 2022-10-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6471-6472) 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.