What This Bill Does
This bill adds the Consumer Product Safety Commission to a list of government agencies that must be part of a PFAS interagency working group. PFAS are chemicals used in various industrial and consumer products. The bill makes no changes to funding for this action.
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Who It Affects
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is directly affected, as it must now participate in the PFAS interagency working group.
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Key Provisions
* The Consumer Product Safety Commission becomes a required member of the PFAS interagency working group (Sec. 2)
* No additional federal money can be spent to carry out this law (Sec. 3)
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What Changes
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is added to the list of agencies that must be represented on the PFAS interagency working group, changing the membership of that group.
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Important Definitions
None defined in bill text.
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Calendar No. 250
118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 820
[Report No. 118–112]
To add the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the list of agencies
required to be represented on the PFAS interagency working group.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 15, 2023
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. LUMMIS, and Mr. WELCH) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Consumers
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from PFAS Act’’.
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•S 820 RS
SEC. 2. PFAS INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.
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Section 332(b) of William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na-
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tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15
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U.S.C. 8963(b)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (19), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
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end;
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (20) as para-
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graph (21); and
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (19), the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(20) the Consumer Product Safety Commis-
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sion; and’’.
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SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON NEW FUNDING.
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No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated
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for the purpose of carrying out this Act (including the
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amendments made by this Act).
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Calendar No. 250
118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 820
[Report No. 118–112]
A BILL
To add the Consumer Product Safety Commission
to the list of agencies required to be represented
on the PFAS interagency working group.
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Reported with an amendment
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