[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6026 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6026

   To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the 
 introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of 
   food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2021

Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the 
 introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of 
   food packaging containing intentionally added 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. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST FOOD PACKAGING CONTAINING INTENTIONALLY 
              ADDED PFAS.

    (a) In General.--Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(fff)(1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into 
interstate commerce of food packaging containing intentionally added 
PFAS.
    ``(2) The term `PFAS' means a perfluoroalkyl substance or a 
polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man-made with at least 1 fully 
fluorinated carbon atom.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
beginning on January 1, 2024.
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