H.R. 7560: Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act of 2020
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H.R. 7560: Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2020-07-09 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-07-09 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act of 2020
Plain summary
Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act of 2020 This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to study and report on the contents and composition of certain firefighting equipment. Such study shall examine perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, in new and unused personal protective equipment (PPE) worn by firefighters. PFAS are man-made substances that may have adverse human health effects, and which are contained in a variety of PPE. Specifically NIST must study (1) the identity, prevalence, and concentration of PFAS in such PPE; (2) the conditions and extent to which PFAS are released into the environment from the degradation of such PPE from normal use by firefighters; and (3) the relative risk of exposure to PFAS faced by firefighters. NIST shall issue a solicitation for research proposals to carry out recommendations from its report and award grants to applicants that submit proposals to develop safe alternatives to PFAS in firefighters' PPE.
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Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act of 2020
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr7560.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr7560 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116