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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2467 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2021 
Mrs. DINGELL (for herself, Mr. UPTON, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. 
STEVENS, Mr. POSEY, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 
PAPPAS, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 
LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. WELCH, Mr. KIND, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PINGREE, 
Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. DEAN, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. KIM of New Jer-
sey, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Ms. SA´NCHEZ) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances as hazardous substances under the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘PFAS Action Act of 2021’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Designation as hazardous substances. 
Sec. 3. Testing of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. 
Sec. 4. Manufacturing 
and 
processing 
notices 
for 
perfluoroalkyl 
and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances. 
Sec. 5. National primary drinking water regulations for PFAS. 
Sec. 6. Enforcement. 
Sec. 7. Establishment of PFAS infrastructure grant program. 
Sec. 8. Listing of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous 
air pollutants. 
Sec. 9. Prohibition on unsafe waste incineration of PFAS. 
Sec. 10. Label for PFAS-free products. 
Sec. 11. Guidance on minimizing the use of firefighting foam and other related 
equipment containing any PFAS. 
Sec. 12. Investigation of prevention of contamination by GenX. 
Sec. 13. Disclosure of introductions of PFAS. 
Sec. 14. Household well water testing website. 
Sec. 15. Risk-communication strategy. 
Sec. 16. Assistance to Territories for addressing emerging contaminants, with 
a focus on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. 
Sec. 17. Clean Water Act effluent standards, pretreatment standards, and 
water quality criteria for PFAS. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION AS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Environmental 
Protection 
Agency 
shall 
designate 
perfluorooctanoic 
acid 
and 
its 
salts, 
and 
perfluoroactanesulfonic acid and its salts, as hazardous 
substances under section 102(a) of the Comprehensive En-
vironmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9602(a)). 
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(b) DEADLINE
FOR
ADDITIONAL
DETERMINA-
TIONS.—Not later than 5 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall determine whether to designate 
all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, other 
than those perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
designated pursuant to subsection (a), as hazardous sub-
stances under section 102(a) of the Comprehensive Envi-
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9602(a)) individually or in groups. 
(c) AIRPORT SPONSORS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No sponsor, including a 
sponsor of the civilian portion of a joint-use airport 
or a shared-use airport (as such terms are defined 
in section 139.5 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or a successor regulation)), shall be liable 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) for the costs of responding to, or dam-
ages resulting from, a release to the environment of 
a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance des-
ignated as a hazardous substance under section 
102(a) of such Act that resulted from the use of 
aqueous film forming foam agent, if such use was— 
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(A) required by the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration for compliance with part 139 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
(B) carried out in accordance with Federal 
Aviation Administration standards and guid-
ance on the use of such substance. 
(2) SPONSOR DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘sponsor’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 47102 of title 49, United States Code. 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Not later than 60 days 
after making a determination under subsection (b), the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall make the results of such determination publicly avail-
able on the website of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy. 
(e) REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report containing a review of actions by the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency to clean up contamina-
tion of the substances designated pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
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(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.— The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of clean-
up progress and effectiveness, including the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The number of sites where the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency has acted to re-
mediate contamination of the substances des-
ignated pursuant to subsection (a). 
(B) Which types of chemicals relating to 
such substances were present at each site and 
the extent to which each site was contaminated. 
(C) An analysis of discrepancies in cleanup 
between Federal and non-Federal contamina-
tion sites. 
(D) Any other elements the Administrator 
may determine necessary. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives. 
(B) The Committee on the Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate. 
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(3) whether such substance would interfere with 
the operation of the treatment works. 
(b) VIOLATIONS.—A violation of this section shall be 
treated in the same manner as a violation of a regulation 
promulgated under subsection 307(b) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1317(b)). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INTRODUCTION.—The term ‘‘introduction’’ 
means the introduction of pollutants into treatment 
works, as described in section 307(b) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1317). 
(2) 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. 14. HOUSEHOLD WELL WATER TESTING WEBSITE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a website 
containing information relating to the testing of household 
well water. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The Administrator shall include on 
the website established under subsection (a) the following: 
(1) Information on how to get groundwater that 
is the source for a household water well tested by a 
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