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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4319 

To provide for progress reports on the national transition plan related to 

a fluorine-free firefighting foam. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 9, 2024 

Mr. PETERS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To provide for progress reports on the national transition 

plan related to a fluorine-free firefighting foam. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. PROGRESS REPORTS ON THE NATIONAL TRAN4 SITION PLAN RELATED TO A FLUORINE-FREE 

5 FIREFIGHTING FOAM. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there8 after until the progress report termination date described 

9 in subsection (c), the Administrator, in consultation with 

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1 cy and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the ap2 propriate committees of Congress a progress report on the 

3 development and implementation of a national transition 

4 plan related to a fluorine-free firefighting foam that meets 

5 the performance standards referenced in chapter 6 of the 

6 advisory circular of the FAA titled ‘‘Aircraft Fire Extin7 guishing Agents’’, issued on July 8, 2004 (Advisory Cir8 cular 150/5210–6D) and is acceptable under section 

9 139.319(l) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, for 

10 use at part 139 airports. 

11 (b) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—Each progress report 

12 under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

13 (1) An assessment of the progress made by the 

14 FAA with respect to providing part 139 airports 

15 with— 

16 (A) guidance from the Environmental Pro17 tection Agency on acceptable environmental lim18 its relating to fluorine-free firefighting foam; 

19 (B) guidance from the Department of De20 fense on the transition of the Department of 

21 Defense to a fluorine-free firefighting foam; 

22 (C) best practices for the decontamination 

23 of existing aircraft rescue and firefighting vehi24 cles, systems, and other equipment used to de25 ploy firefighting foam at part 139 airports; and 


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1 (D) timelines for the release of policy and 

2 guidance relating to the development of imple3 mentation plans for part 139 airports to obtain 

4 approved military specification products and 

5 firefighting personnel training. 

6 (2) A comprehensive list of the amount of aque7 ous film-forming firefighting foam at each part 139 

8 airport as of the date of the submission of the 

9 progress report, including the amount of such fire10 fighting foam held in firefighting equipment and the 

11 number of gallons regularly kept in reserve at each 

12 such airport. 

13 (3) An assessment of the progress made by the 

14 FAA with respect to providing airports that are not 

15 part 139 airports and local authorities with respon16 sibility for inspection and oversight with guidance 

17 described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para18 graph (1) as such guidance relates to the use of flu19 orine-free firefighting foam at such airports. 

20 (4) Any other information that the Adminis21 trator determines is appropriate. 

22 (c) PROGRESS REPORT TERMINATION DATE.—The 

23 progress report termination date described in this sub24 section is the date on which the Administrator notifies the 

25 appropriate committees of Congress that development and 


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1 implementation of the national transition plan described 

2 in subsection (a) is complete. 

3 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis5 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 

6 Aviation Administration. 

7 (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON8 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con9 gress’’ means the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

10 and Transportation of the Senate and the Com11 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

12 House of Representatives. 

13 (3) FAA.—The term ‘‘FAA’’ means the Fed14 eral Aviation Administration. 

15 (4) PART 139 AIRPORT DEFINED.—The term 

16 ‘‘part 139 airport’’ means an airport certified under 

17 part 139 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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