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H.R. 4976: Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act

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H.R. 4976: Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-08-06 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-08-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act

Plain summary

Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act This bill requires the Department of Defense's (DOD's) response actions to address perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substance contamination from DOD or National Guard activities to meet certain standards. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. DOD must conduct such response actions to achieve a level of PFAS in the environmental media that meets or exceeds the most stringent of the following standards for each applicable PFAS: the state standard of the state in which the response action is being conducted under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), a federal standard under CERCLA, or a health advisory under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

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Official text

Ensuring PFAS Cleanup Meets or Exceeds Stringent Standards Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8] · 1 cosponsors

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Ro Khanna (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8] reported raising $6.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4976 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117