Title: Identifying PFAS at Water Infrastructure Sites Act
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
Identifying PFAS at Water Infrastructure Sites Act
This bill requires the Army Corps of Engineers to develop innovative technologies and methodologies for detecting and cleaning up perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances associated with federal facilities and, to the maximum extent practicable, support other federal agencies' efforts to address such substances. (Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl are chemicals that can accumulate in the human body and cause health problems.)

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7243 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7243

   To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
Engineers, to develop an inventory and carry out research with respect 
                    to PFAS, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2020

Mr. Delgado (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
Engineers, to develop an inventory and carry out research with respect 
                    to PFAS, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Identifying PFAS at Water 
Infrastructure Sites Act''.

SEC. 2. INVENTORY OF PFAS AT CORPS FACILITIES.

    Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this 
section, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of 
Engineers, shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report that identifies--
            (1) each facility owned or operated by the Corps of 
        Engineers at which there is a release or threatened release of 
        a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance;
            (2) the nature and extent of each such release or 
        threatened release, including any associated potential pathway 
        for human exposure to the applicable substance; and
            (3) measures taken by the Secretary to control, remove, or 
        remediate such substances, or otherwise reduce the risk of 
        human exposure to such substances.

SEC. 3. PFAS CLEANUP RESEARCH.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers and the Hazardous Waste Research Center located at 
the Engineer Research and Development Center, shall, in coordination 
with other Federal agencies, develop innovative technologies and 
methodologies for the detection, treatment, and cleanup of 
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances associated with Federal 
facilities, including in groundwater associated with such facilities.
    (b) Supplemental Work.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, supplement and support work 
undertaken by other Federal agencies, including actions taken by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the 
plan published by the Administrator entitled ``EPA's Per- and 
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Action Plan'', dated February 2019, 
and updated by the document published by the Administrator entitled 
``EPA PFAS Action Plan: Program Update'', dated February 2020.
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