Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act

Bill: 119-hr-960
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-04
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Consumer affairs

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Tariffs
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act</strong></p><p>This bill revises requirements for a garment to be considered water resistant under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). The HTS sets out the tariff rates and statistical categories for all merchandise imported into the United States.</p><p>Currently, garments that are classified under specified subheadings under chapter 62 of the HTS (e.g., water resistant trousers) must have a water resistance such that, under a head pressure of 600 millimeters, not more than 1.0 gram of water penetrates after two minutes when tested in accordance with a specified test method. Further, the water resistance must be the result of a rubber or plastics application to the outer shell, lining, or inner lining. This bill removes the requirement that the water resistance must be the result of a rubber or plastics application to the outer shell, lining, or inner lining.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 960 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 4, 2025 Ms. Pingree (for herself and Mr. Moore of Utah ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the requirements for a garment to be considered water resistant.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act . 2. Modification of requirements for garments to be considered water resistant Additional U.S. Note 2 to chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by striking the second sentence.