Protecting Consumers from PFAS Act

Bill: 118-s-820
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-03-15
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Product safety and quality
Latest action: action_date: 2023-11-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 250.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting Consumers from PFAS Act</b></p> <p>This bill adds the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the interagency working group to coordinate federal activities related to research about perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS.</p>

action_date: 2023-11-27
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting Consumers from PFAS Act</b></p> <p>This bill adds the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the interagency working group to coordinate federal activities related to research about perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS.</p> <p>No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the bill.</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 250 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 820 [Report No. 118–112] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 15, 2023 Mr. Peters (for himself, Ms. Collins , Ms. Lummis , and Mr. Welch ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs November 27, 2023 Reported by Mr. Peters , with an amendment Insert the part printed in italic A BILL To add the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the list of agencies required to be represented on the PFAS interagency working group.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Consumers from PFAS Act . 2. PFAS interagency working group Section 332(b) of William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 8963(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (19), by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (20) as paragraph (21); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (19), the following: (20) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; and . 3. Limitation on new funding No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act (including the amendments made by this Act).

November 27, 2023 Reported with an amendment

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 820 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 15, 2023 Mr. Peters (for himself, Ms. Collins , Ms. Lummis , and Mr. Welch ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To add the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the list of agencies required to be represented on the PFAS interagency working group.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Consumers from PFAS Act . 2. PFAS interagency working group Section 332(b) of William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 8963(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (19), by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (20) as paragraph (21); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (19), the following: (20) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; and .