Title: PFAS Monitoring Act of 2019
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
PFAS Monitoring Act of 2019
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to test public water systems for certain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. These substances are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain the compounds, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing.
Initially, the EPA must monitor for at least 30 PFAS. Within two years, the EPA must validate one or more test methods for monitoring the total amount of all PFAS.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2800 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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 Representatives 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''.

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 following:
    ``(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 require, 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 laboratory 
                        analysis as are necessary to carry out the 
                        monitoring; or
                            ``(ii) by a representative sample of such 
                        public water systems, if such appropriations 
                        are not available; and
                    ``(C) by a representative sample of public water 
                systems serving fewer than 3,300 persons.
            ``(2) Public availability of results.--All results of 
        monitoring carried out under this subsection 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 paragraph (4), monitoring 
                for at least 30 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 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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