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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2800 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require continued and expanded 

monitoring of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking 

water, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 2019 

Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. KILDEE, and Mr. 

FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require continued 

and expanded monitoring of perfluoroalkyl and 

polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water, and for 

other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PFAS Monitoring Act 

5 of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TESTING FOR PFAS. 

2 Section 1445 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 300j–4) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(k) MONITORING FOR PFAS IN PUBLIC WATER

6 SYSTEMS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall, 

8 not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 

9 of this subsection, promulgate regulations that re10 quire, beginning not later than one year after such 

11 date of enactment, monitoring for perfluoroalkyl and 

12 polyfluoroalkyl substances with at least one fully 

13 fluorinated carbon atom— 

14 ‘‘(A) by all public water systems serving 

15 10,000 persons or more; 

16 ‘‘(B) with respect to public water systems 

17 serving between 3,300 and 10,000 persons— 

18 ‘‘(i) by all such public water systems, 

19 if appropriations are available to cover the 

20 reasonable cost of such testing and labora21 tory analysis as are necessary to carry out 

22 the monitoring; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) by a representative sample of 

24 such public water systems, if such appro25 priations are not available; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) by a representative sample of public 

2 water systems serving fewer than 3,300 per3 sons. 

4 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF RESULTS.—All 

5 results of monitoring carried out under this sub6 section shall be accessible to the public and posted 

7 online by the Administrator. 

8 ‘‘(3) COVERED PFAS.—The Administrator shall 

9 require under the regulations promulgated under 

10 paragraph (1)— 

11 ‘‘(A) during the period beginning on the 

12 effective date of such regulations and ending on 

13 the date test methods are validated under para14 graph (4), monitoring for at least 30 

15 perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 

16 with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(B) beginning on the date test methods 

19 are validated under paragraph (4), monitoring 

20 for the total amount of all perfluoroalkyl and 

21 polyfluoroalkyl substances with at least one 

22 fully fluorinated carbon atom. 

23 ‘‘(4) VALIDATED TEST METHODS.—Not later 

24 than two years after the date of enactment of this 

25 subsection, the Administrator shall validate one or 


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1 more test methods for monitoring the total amount 

2 of all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 

3 with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom in 

4 public water systems. 

5 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 There are authorized to be appropriated 

7 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 

8 2031 to the Administrator to pay the reasonable 

9 cost of such testing and laboratory analysis as are 

10 necessary to carry out monitoring required under 

11 this subsection by public water systems serving 

12 fewer than 10,000 persons.’’. 

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