H.R. 6805 · 118th Congress

PFAS Action Act of 2023

Introduced on Dec 14, 2023 by Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6). 30 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Jan 2, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Dec 14, 2023
Cosponsors
30
2 from the other party
Policy area
Environmental Protection
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Air quality
  • American Samoa
  • Aviation and airports
  • Congressional oversight
  • Consumer affairs
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental health
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Fires
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Guam
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Manufacturing
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Pollution liability
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Product safety and quality
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • U.S. territories and protectorates
  • Virgin Islands
  • Water quality
  • Water use and supply

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Debbie DingellD-MI-6Sponsor

Democrats · 28

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Dec 14, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Dec 14, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Dec 14, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Dec 14, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Dec 15, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
  6. Jan 2, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. THE CHEMOURS COMPANY6 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE CHEMOURS CO FC LLC$4.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL5 reports
    $28.4M reported (all issues)
  3. MEDTRONIC INC.5 reports
    $5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MEDTRONIC USA INC$10M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  4. SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER5 reports
    $950K reported (all issues)
  5. TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (TMA)4 reports
    $5.9M reported (all issues)
  6. Earthjustice Action3 reports
    $355.4K reported (all issues)
  7. National Asphalt Pavement Association3 reports
    $282.6K reported (all issues)
  8. Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies1 report
    $70K reported (all issues)
  9. Earthjustice1 report
    $153K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.