SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal PFAS Re-
search Evaluation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals 
that have been used in a wide range of products 
since the 1940s including firefighting foam, car-
peting, packaging, and cookware. There are more 
than 5,000 types of registered PFAS compounds. 
This chemical class is not currently regulated at the 
Federal level. 
(2) PFAS have been detected in air, water, soil, 
food, biosolids, and more. They can accumulate and 
remain in the body for a long time, and potentially 
lead to serious health effects including cancer, low 
infant birthweight, liver and kidney issues, reproduc-
tive and developmental problems, and more. 
(3) There remains much unknown about PFAS 
toxicity, human and environmental health effects, ex-
posure pathways, as well as effective removal, treat-
ment, and destruction methods, and safe alternatives 
to PFAS. 
(4) Federal research efforts have been frag-
mented at various agencies and struggled to effec-
tively address the full scope of challenges presented 
by PFAS. 
(5) Regulatory action and cleanup depend on 
scientific analysis of toxicity data, decision making 
on how best to deal with PFAS, and understanding 
the significance of the many exposure pathways that 
exist. A consensus study by the National Academies 
would help inform decisions by Federal and State 
Governments, industry, and other stakeholders on 
how to best address PFAS. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL ACADEMIES REPORTS. 
(a) RESEARCH ASSESSMENTS OF PFAS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which amounts are appropriated for fis-
cal year 2023 to carry out this section, the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
consultation with the Director of the National 
Science Foundation, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Director of the National Institutes of Health, and 
other Federal agencies with expertise relevant to un-
derstanding PFAS exposure, behavior, and toxicity, 
shall enter into an agreement with the National 
Academies to conduct a study and submit a report 
in accordance with this subsection to further address 
research and knowledge gaps identified by the Fed-
eral Government Human Health PFAS Research 
Workshop held on October 26 and 27, 2020, and 
identify research and development needed to iden-
tify, categorize, evaluate, and address individual or 
total PFAS. 
(2) STUDY AND REPORT ON HUMAN EXPOSURE 
ESTIMATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The study required to 
be conducted under paragraph (1) shall, at a 
minimum— 
(i) consider life-cycle information on 
the manufacture, use, and disposal of 
PFAS-containing products to identify po-
tential human exposure sources, including 
occupational exposures, and potential expo-
sure pathways for the public; 
(ii) evaluate the fate and transport of 
PFAS and their breakdown products; 
(iii) if feasible, estimate human expo-
sure to individual or total PFAS to deter-
mine relative source contributions for var-
ious exposure pathways (such as air, 
water, soil, or food); 
(iv) determine the range of solubility, 
stability, and volatility of PFAS most like-
ly to be found in the environment and the 
resulting prevalence in animals and hu-
mans; 
(v) give consideration as to whether 
chemical category-based approaches would 
be appropriate for evaluating PFAS tox-
icity and exposure; 
(vi) identify research needed to ad-
vance exposure estimation to individual or 
total PFAS; and 
(vii) identify research needed to ad-
vance toxicity and hazard assessment of in-
dividual or total PFAS. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 540 days 
after the date on which the agreement described 
in paragraph (1) is finalized, the National 
Academies shall submit to Congress a report 
containing the findings and recommendations of 
the study described in subparagraph (A) and 
shall make such report available on a publicly 
accessible website. 
(b) RESEARCH ASSESSMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND 
TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES FOR PFAS CONTAMINATION 
IN THE ENVIRONMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which amounts are appropriated for fis-
cal year 2023 to carry out this section, the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
the Director of the National Science Foundation, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and other 
Federal agencies with expertise relevant to the devel-
opment of PFAS alternatives and the management 
and treatment of PFAS, shall jointly enter into an 
agreement with the National Academies to conduct 
a study and submit a report in accordance with this 
subsection to better understand the research and de-
velopment needed to advance the understanding of 
the extent and implications of human and environ-
mental contamination by PFAS, how to manage and 
treat such contamination, and the development of 
safe alternatives. 
(2) SCOPE OF STUDY.—The study described in 
paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum, include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An assessment of the best available 
strategies for PFAS treatment, site remedi-
ation, and safe disposal, including demonstra-
tion or pilot projects related to destruction
methods and alternative materials or tools for 
firefighters. 
(B) A description of the research gaps re-
lating to such issues, including consideration of 
emerging or future PFAS and potential classi-
fication methods. 
(C) Recommendations on how the Federal 
Government can best address the research 
needs identified pursuant to subparagraph (B) 
through increased collaboration or coordination 
of existing and new programs. 
(D) Recommendations on how research can 
best incorporate considerations of socioeconomic 
issues into the development of research pro-
posals and the conduct of research. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 540 days after 
the date on which the agreement described in para-
graph (1) is finalized, the National Academies shall 
submit to Congress a report containing the findings 
and recommendations of the study described in 
paragraph (2) and shall make such report available 
on a publicly accessible website. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023
$3,000,000 to the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to carry out this section. 
SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
Not later than 180 days after submission to Congress 
of latest of the National Academies reports under section 
3, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, in coordination with all relevant Federal agencies, 
shall submit to Congress an implementation plan for in-
creased collaboration and coordination of Federal PFAS 
research, development, and demonstration activities. In 
preparing such an implementation plan, the Director shall 
take into consideration the recommendations included in 
the reports in section 3. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) NATIONAL
ACADEMIES.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Academies’’ means the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
(2) PFAS.—The term ‘‘PFAS’’ means per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances, including mixtures of 
such substances. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7289 
AN ACT 
To provide for the National Academies to study and 
report on a Federal research agenda to advance 
the understanding of PFAS, and for other pur-
poses.