H.R. 1267 · 119th Congress

Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act

Introduced on Feb 12, 2025 by Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3). 34 cosponsors, 19 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 12, 2025): Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 12, 2025
Cosponsors
34
19 from the other party
Policy area
Environmental Protection
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Progress

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  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 exempt certain entities from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 with respect to releases of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 12, 2025). Public domain.

Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act

This bill exempts specified water management entities from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) for releases of certain perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS. Specifically, the entities covered under the bill are public water systems, publicly or privately owned or operated treatment works, municipalities with a stormwater discharge permit, political subdivisions or special districts of a state that act as a wholesale water agency, and contractors performing the management or disposal activities for such entities.

Under the bill, the exemption only applies if a specified entity transports, treats, disposes of, or arranges for the transport, treatment or disposal of PFAS consistent with applicable laws and during and following the conveyance or treatment of water under federal or state law, such as through the management or disposal of biosolids consistent with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

Liability for damages or costs associated with the release of certain PFAS must not be precluded if an entity acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Marie Gluesenkamp PerezD-WA-3Sponsor

Democrats · 15

Republicans · 19

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

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

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Feb 12, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 12, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 12, 2025 · 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. Feb 12, 2025 · 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. Feb 12, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

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. BLACK & VEATCH CORPORATION8 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BLACK & VEATCH SPECIAL PROJECTS CORP.$10M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies7 reports
    $700K reported (all issues)
  3. XYLEM INC.7 reports
    $230K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN WATER6 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN WATER SERVICES, INCAI match · 99%
  5. American Water Works Association6 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)
  6. Association of California Water Agencies6 reports
    $710K reported (all issues)
  7. CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF SANITATION AGENCIES6 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  8. Central Contra Costa Sanitary District6 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  9. Central Utah Water Conservancy District6 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  10. City of Arlington6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  11. City of Austin6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CITY OF AUSTIN$2,530 in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. City of Columbia6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CITY OF COLUMBIA$44K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  13. City of Dallas6 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CITY OF DALLASAI match · 100%
  14. City of Denton6 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CITY OF DENTON$302.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  15. City of Sacramento6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  16. Clark County Water Reclamation District6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  17. Coachella Valley Water District6 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  18. Coalition of Recyclers of Residual Organics by Practitioner of Sustainability6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  19. Contra Costa Water District6 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT$471.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  20. Eastern Municipal Water District6 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)
  21. Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District6 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  22. Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICTAI match · 100%
  23. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California6 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  24. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN WATER AGENCIES6 reports
    $720K reported (all issues)
  25. National Asphalt Pavement Association6 reports
    $727.3K reported (all issues)
  26. National Rural Water Association6 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION$23.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  27. ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  28. RANCHO CALIFORNIA WATER DISTRICT6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  29. Santa Margarita Water District6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  30. Truckee Meadows Water Authority6 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  31. VEOLIA NORTH AMERICA, LLC6 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VEOLIA WATER NORTH AMERICA-WEST LLCAI match · 99%
  32. Water Coalition Against PFAS6 reports
    $420K reported (all issues)
  33. Weber Basin Water Conservancy District6 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  34. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL5 reports
    $21M reported (all issues)
  35. Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (d/b/a Airlines for America)5 reports
    $6.2M reported (all issues)
  36. COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF ORANGE COUNTY5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  37. City of Roseville5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  38. EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT5 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  39. Las Vegas Valley Water District5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICTAI match · 100%
  40. Los Angeles County Sanitation District5 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.