US Congress Senate Bill 638 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-6-3)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1599)
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to designate all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances within one year of enactment of this bill.

PFAS Action Act of 2019

Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1599)

HB535 (Same As) 2020-01-13 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
HB2500 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
HR758 (Similar To) 2019-12-11 - Mr. Nadler moved to table the motion to reconsider
HR779 (Similar To) 2020-01-08 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SB3227 (Related) 2020-01-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/638/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s638/BILLS-116s638is.pdf