GLLC 2020 Virtual Meetings Briefing Book

Bill

Description

Sponsor

Status

H.R. 2458 (WISE Act)

Require that states use a certain percentage of State Clean Water Revolving Fund grants for water efficiency, other “green projects” Establish grant program to increase resilience of publicly owned treatment works to natural disasters

U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (Florida)

Referred to Water Resources and

Environment Subcommittee

H.R. 2470 (Clean Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Act) H.R. 2500 and S. 1790 (National Defense Authorization Act) H.R. 2533 (Providing Financial Assistance for Safe Drinking Water Act)

U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (California)

Referred to Water Resources and

Environment Subcommittee

Provisions included to detect, protect against PFAS contamination

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith (Washington) and U.S. Sen. James Inhofe (Oklahoma) U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (New Jersey)

S. 1790 signed into law

Create a grant program for PFAS- affected water systems to install effective technologies that filter the dangerous chemicals, other pollutants Require update ofNOAA’s Environmental Sensitivity Indexmaps for Great Lakes to providemore-accurate assessments of coastal resources at risk due to oil spills andnatural disasters Require PFAS manufacturers to pay fee for trust fund that would provide grants to water systems dealing with PFAS contamination

Forwarded by subcommittee

H.R. 2551 (Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Act)

U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (Michigan)

Referred to Water, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittee

H.R. 2570 (PFAS User Fee Act)

U.S. Rep. Harley Rouda (California)

Referred to Water Resources and

Environment Subcommittee

H.R. 2577 (PFAS Right to Know Act)

Include PFAS on EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory list

U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado (Texas)

Referred to Energy and Commerce Committee

H.R. 2591 (PFAS Waste Incernation Ban Act)

Prohibit waste incineration of firefighting foam containing PFAS substances Prevent new PFAS chemicals from being approved through the EPA’s pre-manufacture notice system Phases out PFAS by banning manufacturing, processing of these chemicals; require the EPA to regulate PFAS disposal Require testing of PFAS under Toxic Substances Control Act

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (California)

Forwarded by subcommittee

H.R. 2596 (Protecting Communities from New PFAS Act) H.R. 2600 (Toxic PFAS Control Act)

U.S. Rep. Ann Kuster (New Hampshire)

Forwarded by subcommittee

U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean (Pennsylvania)

Forwarded by subcommittee

H.R. 2608 (PFAS Testing Act)

U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (New York)

Forwarded by subcommittee

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