[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2566 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2566

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 revise the Safer Choice Standard to provide for a Safer Choice label 
for pots, pans, and cooking utensils that do not contain PFAS, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2019

   Mr. Soto introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 revise the Safer Choice Standard to provide for a Safer Choice label 
for pots, pans, and cooking utensils that do not contain PFAS, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SAFER CHOICE LABEL FOR POTS, PANS, AND COOKING UTENSILS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall revise the Safer Choice Standard of the Safer Choice Program to 
identify the requirements for a pot, pan, or cooking utensil to meet in 
order to be labeled with a Safer Choice label, including a requirement 
that any such pot, pan, or cooking utensil does not contain any PFAS.
    (b) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``PFAS'' means a 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance with at least one fully 
fluorinated carbon atom.
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