[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 21, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D807-D808]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 25 public bills, H.R. 4589-
4613; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 42; and H. Res. 544-549, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H3801-03
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3803-04
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  Supplemental report on H.R. 3076, to provide stability to and enhance 
the services of the United States Postal Service, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 117-89, Part 2).                          
Page H3801
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Williams to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3759
Recess: The House recessed at 11:04 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H3766
PFAS Action Act of 2021: The House passed H.R. 2467, 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, by a yea-and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 183 nays, Roll No. 217. 
                                                         Pages H3770-91
  Rejected the Crenshaw motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, by a yea-and-nay vote of 204 yeas to 218 nays, 
Roll No. 216.                                            
Pages H3789-90
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-10, modified by the 
amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. 
                                                         Pages H3770-73
Agreed to:
Tonko en bloc amendment consisting of the following amendments printed 
in part B of H. Rept. 117-95: Kildee (No. 1) that requires EPA to 
create a website to better help well water users test their water and 
understand the results; Leger Fernandez (No. 2) that ensures that 
testing under Sec. 3 and the risk communication strategy under Sec. 15 
considers the risks PFAS poses to water used for agricultural purposes; 
Levin (No. 3) that establishes a new grant program to test for and 
remediate PFAS containments in the drinking water at school facilities, 
and authorizes $100 million to carry out that program for FY2022 
through FY2026; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 4) that ensures that information on 
the House-hold Well Water Testing Website is presented in a manner that 
provides meaningful access

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to individuals with limited English proficiency; Ross (No. 5) that 
revises the PFAS Infrastructure Grant Program to allow applicants to 
certify that the treatment technology that was in use by the community 
water system on the date of enactment was not sufficient to remove all 
detectable amounts of PFAS; San Nicolas (No. 6) that requires the 
Administrator to provide grants to insular territories; Sarbanes (No. 
7) that requires EPA to obtain analytical reference standards for PFAS 
for the development of protocols and methodologies and enforcement 
activities; Slotkin (No. 8) that increases the annual funding for the 
Assistance for Community Water Systems Affected by PFAS grant program; 
Slotkin (No. 9) that adds to the Household Well Water Testing Website 
information about the health risks associated with exposure to PFAS-
contaminated water as well as recommendations for individuals who 
believe they may have been exposed such PFAS-contaminated water; and 
Slotkin (No. 10) that adds to the list of products covered by the PFAS 
Free Product Labeling Program (by a yea-and-nay vote of 206 yeas to 195 
nays, Roll No. 215).                                     
  Pages H3784-89
  H. Res. 535, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2467), (H.R. 2668), and (H.R. 3985) was agreed to yesterday, July 20th.
  Agreed that in the engrossment of the bill, the clerk be authorized 
to correct section numbers, punctuation, spelling, and cross-references 
and to make such other technical and conforming changes as may be 
necessary to reflect the actions of the House.               
Page H3791
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on pages H3769-70.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H3788-89, H3789-90 and H3790-
91.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 4:57 p.m.