(2) not later than 12 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and every 2 years subse-
quent, develop or update a strategic plan for Federal 
support for PFAS research and development that— 
(A) with respect to the fiscal year for 
which such strategic plan is to be developed, 
identifies, by agency, the federally funded 
PFAS research and development, including the 
nature and scope of such research and develop-
ment and the amount of funding associated 
with such research and development for such 
fiscal year; 
(B) identifies scientific and technological 
challenges that must be addressed to under-
stand and to significantly reduce the environ-
mental and human health impacts of PFAS and 
to identify cost-effective— 
(i) alternatives to PFAS that are de-
signed to be safer and more environ-
mentally friendly; 
(ii) methods for removal of PFAS 
from the environment; and 
(iii) methods to safely destroy or de-
grade PFAS; 
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(C) 
establishes 
goals, 
priorities, 
and 
metrics for federally funded PFAS research and 
development that takes into account the 
progress of the research and development iden-
tified in paragraph (A) and the challenges iden-
tified in paragraph (B); and 
(D) develops an implementation plan for 
Federal agencies. 
(e) CONSULTATION.—In developing the strategic plan 
under subsection (d), the interagency working group shall 
consult with States, Indian Tribes, territories, local gov-
ernments, appropriate industries, institutions of higher 
education, and nongovernmental organizations with exper-
tise in PFAS research and development, treatment, man-
agement, and alternative development. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—For each fiscal year begin-
ning with fiscal year 2022, not later than 90 days after 
submission of the President’s annual budget request for 
such fiscal year, the interagency working group shall pre-
pare and submit to Congress a report that includes— 
(1) a summary of federally funded PFAS re-
search and development for such fiscal year and the 
preceding fiscal year, including a disaggregation of 
spending for any agency that has funded PFAS re-
search; and 
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(2) a description of how the Federal agencies 
under paragraph (1) are implementing the strategic 
plan described in subsection (d). 
(g) SUNSET.—The interagency working group estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall terminate 6 years after 
the date on which such working group is established. 
(h) PFAS RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT.—The 
term ‘‘PFAS research and development’’ includes any re-
search or project that has the goal of accomplishing the 
following: 
(1) The removal of PFAS from the environ-
ment. 
(2) The safe destruction or degradation of 
PFAS. 
(3) The development and deployment of safer 
and more environmentally friendly alternative sub-
stances that are functionally similar to those made 
with PFAS. 
(4) The understanding of sources of environ-
mental PFAS contamination and pathways to expo-
sure for the public. 
(5) The understanding of the toxicity of PFAS 
to humans and animals. 
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(6) Any other research project or goal that the 
Director determines appropriate. 
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