Title: Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act of 2021
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act of 2021
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address the level of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain PFAS, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing.
In addition, the EPA must publish a maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for PFAS. The MCLG and regulation must be protective of the health of subpopulations that may be at greater risk than the general population of adverse health effects from exposure to PFAS in drinking water.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3267 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3267

 To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of 
 the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant 
level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation 
 for total per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2021

  Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
    Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Casten, Ms. Norton, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
  Grijalva, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Pallone) 
 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 the Administrator of 
 the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant 
level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation 
 for total per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, 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 ``Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act 
of 2021''.

SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS ON PFAS.

    Section 1412(b)(12) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-
1(b)(12)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any 
                        other deadline established in this subsection, 
                        not later than 2 years after the date of 
                        enactment of this subparagraph, the 
                        Administrator shall publish a maximum 
                        contaminant level goal and promulgate a 
                        national primary drinking water regulation for 
                        total per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
                            ``(ii) Health protection.--The maximum 
                        contaminant level goal and national primary 
                        drinking water regulation promulgated under 
                        clause (i) shall be protective of the health of 
                        subpopulations at greater risk, as described in 
                        section 1458.''.
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