To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the Safer Choice Standard to provide for a Safer Choice label for pots, pans, and cooking utensils that do not contain PFAS, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2566 To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the Safer Choice Standard to provide for a Safer Choice label for pots, pans, and cooking utensils that do not contain PFAS, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 7, 2019 Mr. SOTO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protec- tion Agency to revise the Safer Choice Standard to pro- vide for a Safer Choice label for pots, pans, and cooking utensils that do not contain PFAS, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SAFER CHOICE LABEL FOR POTS, PANS, AND 3 COOKING UTENSILS. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 5 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 6 Environmental Protection Agency shall revise the Safer 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:02 May 14, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 \\ALPHA3\E\BILLS\H2566.IH H2566 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2566 IH Choice Standard of the Safer Choice Program to identify 1 the requirements for a pot, pan, or cooking utensil to meet 2 in order to be labeled with a Safer Choice label, including 3 a requirement that any such pot, pan, or cooking utensil 4 does not contain any PFAS. 5 (b) DEFINITION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘PFAS’’ 6 means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance with 7 at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:02 May 14, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 \\ALPHA3\E\BILLS\H2566.IH H2566 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS