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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2600 
To regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under the Toxic Substances 
Control Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2019 
Ms. DEAN (for herself, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. CISNEROS, and Mr. KHANNA) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under the 
Toxic Substances Control Act, 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 ‘‘Toxic PFAS Control 
Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
REGULATION 
OF 
PERFLUOROALKYL 
AND 
POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2605) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
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‘‘(k) PERFLUOROALKYL
AND
POLYFLUOROALKYL 
SUBSTANCES.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITIONS.—Except as provided in 
subsection (g)— 
‘‘(A) beginning on the date that is 6 
months after the date of enactment of this sub-
section— 
‘‘(i) no person may manufacture any 
new 
chemical 
substance 
that 
is 
a 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance; 
and 
‘‘(ii) no person may manufacture or 
process any chemical substance that is a 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance 
for a use that is a significant new use with 
respect to which the Administrator has 
issued a final or proposed determination in 
accordance with section 5(a)(2); 
‘‘(B) beginning on the date that is 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
no person may manufacture any chemical sub-
stance that is a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
substance; and 
‘‘(C) beginning on the date that is 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
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no person may process or distribute in com-
merce any chemical substance that is a 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance. 
‘‘(2) 
REGULATION.—Notwithstanding 
sub-
sections (a) through (d), not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Administrator shall promulgate a rule that— 
‘‘(A) prescribes the manner or method of 
disposal of any chemical substance that is a 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance, or 
of any article containing such a chemical sub-
stance, by a manufacturer or processor or by 
any other person who uses or disposes of such 
a chemical substance, and that— 
‘‘(i) does not require any person to 
take any action which would be in violation 
of any law or requirement of, or in effect 
for, a State or political subdivision; and 
‘‘(ii) requires each person subject to it 
to notify each State and political subdivi-
sion in which a required disposal may 
occur of such disposal; 
‘‘(B) requires that any such chemical sub-
stance, or article containing such a chemical 
substance, be marked with clear and adequate 
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minimum warnings, and instructions with re-
spect to its processing, use, distribution in com-
merce, or disposal or with respect to any com-
bination of such activities, including require-
ments for the form and content of such warn-
ings and instructions; 
‘‘(C) requires any person manufacturing or 
processing any amount of such a chemical sub-
stance to report such manufacture or proc-
essing pursuant to section 8, notwithstanding 
subsection (a)(1) of such section; and 
‘‘(D) requires any person manufacturing 
any such chemical substance— 
‘‘(i) to accept for disposal in accord-
ance with subparagraph (A) any such 
chemical substance that has not been proc-
essed; 
‘‘(ii) to replace or repurchase such 
chemical substance as elected by the per-
son to whom the requirement is directed; 
and 
‘‘(iii) to give notice of the require-
ments of this subparagraph to the public, 
processors and distributors in commerce of 
such chemical substance and, to the extent 
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reasonably ascertainable, to other persons 
in possession of such chemical substance or 
exposed to such chemical substance.’’. 
(b) EXEMPTIONS.—Section 6(g) of the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2605(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or a requirement 
of subsection (k),’’ after ‘‘subsection (a) rule’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘An exemption under this subsection from 
a requirement of subsection (k) may be for a period 
that is not longer than 1 year.’’. 
Æ 
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