[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 638 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 638

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances 
   under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
             Liability Act of 1980, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 28, 2019

   Mr. Carper (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Peters, Mr. Tillis, Ms. 
Stabenow, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Reed, Ms. Murkowski, 
   Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Burr, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
  Udall, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Ms. Baldwin) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances 
   under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
             Liability Act of 1980, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``PFAS Action Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION AS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall designate 
all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under 
section 102(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9602(a)).
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