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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4319 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.

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                   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

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                                 A BILL

 
To provide for progress reports on the national transition plan related 
                 to a fluorine-free firefighting foam.

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

SECTION 1. PROGRESS REPORTS ON THE NATIONAL TRANSITION PLAN RELATED TO 
              A FLUORINE-FREE FIREFIGHTING FOAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until the progress 
report termination date described in subsection (c), the Administrator, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a progress report on the development and 
implementation of a national transition plan related to a fluorine-free 
firefighting foam that meets the performance standards referenced in 
chapter 6 of the advisory circular of the FAA titled ``Aircraft Fire 
Extinguishing Agents'', issued on July 8, 2004 (Advisory Circular 150/
5210-6D) and is acceptable under section 139.319(l) of title 14, Code 
of Federal Regulations, for use at part 139 airports.
    (b) Required Information.--Each progress report under subsection 
(a) shall include the following:
            (1) An assessment of the progress made by the FAA with 
        respect to providing part 139 airports with--
                    (A) guidance from the Environmental Protection 
                Agency on acceptable environmental limits relating to 
                fluorine-free firefighting foam;
                    (B) guidance from the Department of Defense on the 
                transition of the Department of Defense to a fluorine-
                free firefighting foam;
                    (C) best practices for the decontamination of 
                existing aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles, 
                systems, and other equipment used to deploy 
                firefighting foam at part 139 airports; and
                    (D) timelines for the release of policy and 
                guidance relating to the development of implementation 
                plans for part 139 airports to obtain approved military 
                specification products and firefighting personnel 
                training.
            (2) A comprehensive list of the amount of aqueous film-
        forming firefighting foam at each part 139 airport as of the 
        date of the submission of the progress report, including the 
        amount of such firefighting foam held in firefighting equipment 
        and the number of gallons regularly kept in reserve at each 
        such airport.
            (3) An assessment of the progress made by the FAA with 
        respect to providing airports that are not part 139 airports 
        and local authorities with responsibility for inspection and 
        oversight with guidance described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
        of paragraph (1) as such guidance relates to the use of 
        fluorine-free firefighting foam at such airports.
            (4) Any other information that the Administrator determines 
        is appropriate.
    (c) Progress Report Termination Date.--The progress report 
termination date described in this subsection is the date on which the 
Administrator notifies the appropriate committees of Congress that 
development and implementation of the national transition plan 
described in subsection (a) is complete.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
            (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the Committee on 
        Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (3) FAA.--The term ``FAA'' means the Federal Aviation 
        Administration.
            (4) Part 139 airport defined.--The term ``part 139 
        airport'' means an airport certified under part 139 of title 
        14, Code of Federal Regulations.
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