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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7931 
To direct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to 
establish an interagency working group to coordinate Federal activities 
to advance research and development needed to address PFAS. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 4, 2020 
Ms. HOULAHAN
(for herself, Ms. DEAN, Mr. LAMBORN, and Mr. 
FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To direct the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy to establish an interagency working group 
to coordinate Federal activities to advance research and 
development needed to address PFAS. 
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 Interagency Re-
search Coordination Strategy Act’’ or the ‘‘PIRCS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY BODY ON RESEARCH RELATED TO 
PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, acting through the Na-
tional Science and Technology Council, shall establish an 
interagency working group to coordinate Federal activities 
to advance research and development needed to address 
PFAS. 
(b) AGENCY PARTICIPATION.—The interagency work-
ing group shall include a representative of each— 
(1) the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(2) the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences; 
(3) the Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis-
ease Registry; 
(4) the National Science Foundation; 
(5) the Department of Defense; 
(6) the National Institutes of Health; 
(7) the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; 
(8) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration; 
(9) the Department of the Interior; 
(10) the Department of Transportation; 
(11) the Department of Homeland Security; 
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(12) the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration; 
(13) the National Toxicology Program; 
(14) the Department of Agriculture; 
(15) the Geological Survey; 
(16) the Department of Commerce; 
(17) the Department of Energy; 
(18) the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs; 
(19) the Office of Management and Budget; 
and 
(20) any such other Federal department or 
agency as the President considers appropriate. 
(c) CO-CHAIRS.—The interagency working group 
shall be co-chaired by the Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy and a representative from one or 
more agencies, selected by the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy from the list of agencies 
under subsection (b). 
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WORKING GROUP.— 
The interagency working group established under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) provide for interagency coordination of fed-
erally funded PFAS research and development; and 
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