I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2570 
To ensure that polluters pay ongoing water treatment costs associated with 
contamination from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2019 
Mr. ROUDA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure that polluters pay ongoing water treatment costs 
associated with contamination from perfluoroalkyl and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PFAS User Fee Act 
of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances have emerged as pervasive contaminants in 
sources of drinking water and water to be treated by 
treatment works. 
(2) Such substances are not naturally occur-
ring, but are present in water because of manufac-
turing and distribution of PFAS in commerce. 
(3) Such substances pose serious risks to 
health, including risks of cancer, reproductive and 
developmental effects, and effects on the immune 
system, liver, and kidneys. 
(4) Because of these risks, regulatory limits 
continue to be established for PFAS in drinking 
water and effluent from treatment works. 
(5) Removing PFAS from water results in sig-
nificant ongoing operation and maintenance costs. 
(6) Those costs are currently borne by commu-
nity water systems and treatment works, and in turn 
by ratepayers. 
(7) Those costs should rightly be borne by the 
manufacturers of PFAS, who are using community 
water systems and treatment works to remove their 
pollution from the environment. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) AFFECTED FACILITY.—The term ‘‘affected 
facility’’ means— 
(A) a community water system that has 
operation and maintenance costs associated 
with the removal of PFAS from water of the 
community water system; or 
(B) a treatment works that has operation 
and maintenance costs associated with the re-
moval of PFAS from effluent prior to discharge 
from the treatment works. 
(3) COMMUNITY
WATER
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘community water system’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f). 
(4) DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘disadvantaged community’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). 
(5) MANUFACTURE.—The term ‘‘manufacture’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2602). 
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(6) PFAS.—The term ‘‘PFAS’’ means a 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance with at 
least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. 
(7) TREATMENT WORKS.—The term ‘‘treatment 
works’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1292). 
SEC. 4. PFAS MANUFACTURER USER FEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall, by rule, 
establish fees for the manufacture of PFAS, which shall 
be assessed to each person manufacturing PFAS based 
on the amount of PFAS manufactured by the person. 
(b) INITIAL FEE.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
establish fees under subsection (a) that are sufficient to 
ensure the collection of not less than $2,000,000,000 dol-
lars per year. 
(c) REVIEW AND UPDATE.—Not less frequently than 
every 2 years, the Administrator shall review the fees es-
tablished under subsection (a) and update such fees as 
necessary to ensure that the fee collections are sufficient 
to cover at least 25 percent of the operation and mainte-
nance costs associated with the removal of PFAS by af-
fected facilities. 
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SEC. 5. PFAS TREATMENT TRUST FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known 
as the ‘‘PFAS Treatment Trust Fund’’, consisting of such 
amounts as may be appropriated to such Trust Fund. 
(b) TRANSFER
TO
TRUST
FUND
OF
AMOUNTS 
EQUIVALENT TO USER FEES.—There are hereby appro-
priated to the PFAS Treatment Trust Fund amounts 
equivalent to the fees collected under section 4. 
(c) EXPENDITURES FROM TRUST FUND.—Amounts 
in the PFAS Treatment Trust Fund shall be available, 
without further appropriation, only for purposes of mak-
ing expenditures to carry out section 6. 
SEC. 6. SUPPORT FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF 
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS AND TREAT-
MENT WORKS. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator shall make grants 
to affected facilities to pay for operation and maintenance 
costs associated with the removal of PFAS. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall publish guidance describing the form 
and timing for affected facilities to apply for grants 
under this section. 
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(2) REQUIRED
INFORMATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall require an affected facility applying for 
a grant under this section to submit information 
showing the presence of PFAS in water at the facil-
ity. 
(c) PRIORITY.—The Administrator shall prioritize for 
funding grants to affected facilities serving disadvantaged 
communities. 
Æ 
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