polyfluoroalkyl substances
H.R. 4340
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Armed Services
Sponsor Name
Slotkin
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Mich.
Issue
9
Volume
51
Update Issue
20
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H3600

would direct the Secretary of Defense to include in periodic health assessments of members of the Armed Forces an evaluation of whether the member has been exposed to perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

H.R. 4339
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Armed Services
Sponsor Name
Slotkin
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Mich.
Issue
9
Volume
51
Update Issue
20
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H3600

would direct the Secretary of Defense to publicly disclose the results of DOD perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances.

H.R. 4241
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Armed Services
Sponsor Name
Speier
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Issue
8
Volume
51
Update Issue
19
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H3307

would require the Secretary of Defense to conduct testing, removal, and remediation of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances at all military installations, formerly used defense sites, and state-owned facilities of the National Guard in the United States.

H.R. 3990
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Dingell
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Mich.
Issue
8
Volume
51
Update Issue
18
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H2927

would ban the use of intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics.

S. 2047
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Sponsor Name
Collins
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Me.
Issue
8
Volume
51
Update Issue
17
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. S4518

would ban the use of intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics.

S. 1970
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Armed Services
Sponsor Name
Padilla
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Issue
8
Volume
51
Update Issue
17
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. S3986

would require the Secretary of Defense to conduct testing for and remediation of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances at or surrounding installations of DOD located in the United States, formerly used defense sites, and state-owned facilities of the National Guard.

S. 1796
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Armed Services
Sponsor Name
Blumenthal
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Conn.
Issue
7
Volume
51
Update Issue
16
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. S3420

would prohibit procurement, purchasing, and sale by DOD of certain items containing perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Patching a Persistent Problem: PFAS and RCRA’s Citizen Suit Provision
Author
Paul Quackenbush
Author Bios (long)

Paul Quackenbush is a 2021 J.D. candidate at Vermont Law School. He holds an M.S. in Geological Sciences from the University of Southern California.

Date
November 2020
Volume
50
Issue
11
Page
10896
Type
Articles
Summary

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a toxic, environmentally persistent class of chemicals that have been used widely in consumer products. Despite growing evidence of adverse health effects associated with PFAS exposure, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not yet promulgated a legally enforceable standard for any of the individual chemicals in the PFAS group. This has resulted in largely unrestricted disposal of PFAS waste and dispersal of these persistent chemicals throughout the environment. This Article presents the legal case for applying §7002(a)(1)(B) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to PFAS waste, and argues that this citizen suit provision has the potential to become a powerful tool to address PFAS in the absence of significant federal regulatory action.

H.R. 7931
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Sponsor Name
Houlahan
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Pa.
Issue
10
Volume
50
Update Issue
24
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H4218

would direct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an interagency working group to coordinate federal activities to advance research and development needed to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

H. Res. 779
Update Type
Chamber Action
Issue
3
Volume
50
Update Issue
2
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H23

which would provide for consideration of H.R. 535, which would require the Administrator of EPA to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA, was passed by the House.

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