I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2800 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require continued and expanded 
monitoring of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking 
water, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2019 
Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. KILDEE, and Mr. 
FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require continued 
and 
expanded 
monitoring 
of 
perfluoroalkyl 
and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water, 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 Monitoring Act 
of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. TESTING FOR PFAS. 
Section 1445 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–4) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(k) MONITORING FOR PFAS IN PUBLIC WATER 
SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall, 
not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this subsection, promulgate regulations that re-
quire, beginning not later than one year after such 
date of enactment, monitoring for perfluoroalkyl and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances with at least one fully 
fluorinated carbon atom— 
‘‘(A) by all public water systems serving 
10,000 persons or more; 
‘‘(B) with respect to public water systems 
serving between 3,300 and 10,000 persons— 
‘‘(i) by all such public water systems, 
if appropriations are available to cover the 
reasonable cost of such testing and labora-
tory analysis as are necessary to carry out 
the monitoring; or 
‘‘(ii) by a representative sample of 
such public water systems, if such appro-
priations are not available; and 
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‘‘(C) by a representative sample of public 
water systems serving fewer than 3,300 per-
sons. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF RESULTS.—All 
results of monitoring carried out under this sub-
section shall be accessible to the public and posted 
online by the Administrator. 
‘‘(3) COVERED PFAS.—The Administrator shall 
require under the regulations promulgated under 
paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) during the period beginning on the 
effective date of such regulations and ending on 
the date test methods are validated under para-
graph 
(4), 
monitoring 
for 
at 
least 
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom; 
and 
‘‘(B) beginning on the date test methods 
are validated under paragraph (4), monitoring 
for the total amount of all perfluoroalkyl and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances with at least one 
fully fluorinated carbon atom. 
‘‘(4) VALIDATED
TEST
METHODS.—Not later 
than two years after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Administrator shall validate one or 
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more test methods for monitoring the total amount 
of all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom in 
public water systems. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 
2031 to the Administrator to pay the reasonable 
cost of such testing and laboratory analysis as are 
necessary to carry out monitoring required under 
this subsection by public water systems serving 
fewer than 10,000 persons.’’. 
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