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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
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HR8016119th CongressWALLET
Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a nationwide program to stop the manufacture, use, and release of nonessential PFAS, set mandatory reporting and phaseout timelines, and fund research to speed safer alternatives.
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- Households and consumers would see many PFAS-containing products targeted for removal, with category bans starting as soon as 1 year and a complete phaseout of nonessential uses within 10 years.
- Manufacturers and large users would have to report PFAS uses under EPA rules within 3 years and file phaseout plans aimed at eliminating nonessential uses within 10 years. The EPA would get inspection, monitoring, and enforcement powers and citizen suits would be allowed.
- Federal cleanup and research would get a boost with two Centers of Excellence for PFAS measurement, remediation, and destruction and $25.0 million in FY2027 funding. The bill also amends CERCLA and adds bankruptcy rules that change how PFAS liability and claims are handled.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 6 mixed.
Bans on PFAS in many products
If enacted, the bill would ban PFAS in many consumer product categories on a schedule. After 1 year: carpets and rugs, fabric treatments, food packaging, juvenile products, and certain oil and gas products would be barred from interstate sale (with resale exceptions for many used items). After 2 years: cosmetics, many indoor textiles and apparel, accessories and handbags would be barred (used items excepted). After 4 years: outdoor textile furnishings and outdoor upholstered furniture would be barred. After 5 years: some outdoor apparel intended for severe wet conditions would be barred. The bill would also direct federal agencies to try to stop buying PFAS-containing products starting on enactment and to pause procurement of items not identified as PFAS-free while safer options are found.
Nationwide ban on PFAS releases
If enacted, the bill would make it unlawful, beginning 10 years after enactment, for manufacturers or users to release PFAS above the detection threshold of an EPA‑validated method. EPA must finalize a rule within 7 years setting validated detection methods, thresholds, and a phaseout schedule. EPA could adopt earlier bans for specific PFAS or subclasses once methods are validated.
Federal agency PFAS duties and exemptions
If enacted, covered federal agencies would have to follow PFAS rules like any other regulated party, including paying reasonable service charges and facing orders or penalties. The bill would waive sovereign immunity so the United States may be ordered to comply, though federal employees would not face personal civil fines for actions within their duties. The President could exempt an executive branch entity from PFAS rules for national security reasons for up to 1 year at a time, with annual reporting to Congress by January 31 and limited public notice when needed for security.
New legal rules for PFAS claims
If enacted, the bill would change legal rules for PFAS and similar persistent toxic chemicals. Bankruptcy filings would not stay claims against nondebtors for PBT claims meeting specific persistence and bioaccumulation tests (for example, long half‑life and a bioaccumulation factor of 1,000 or more). For State‑law suits about hazardous substances designated on or after August 1, 2022, the time to sue in many cases would start on a federal date instead of an earlier State date. The bill would set a federal minimum standard so States could not impose weaker rules than the federal requirements, and it would generally require challenges to final PFAS rules to be filed in the D.C. Circuit within 90 days.
Stronger PFAS enforcement and emergency powers
If enacted, the Administrator would get stronger tools to order compliance, assess civil penalties sized to remove any economic benefit, and seek injunctions. EPA could act immediately when PFAS use presents an imminent and unreasonable risk, require violators to pay for public notices and meetings, and fine willful violators per day. Any person could bring civil suits against violators after giving 60 days' notice (90 days for endangerment claims), and courts could award fees to prevailing parties. Courts would be barred from hearing citizen suits where the government is already diligently prosecuting.
New PFAS reporting and phaseout plans
If enacted, the bill would require manufacturers and users to file plans and detailed reports. Each maker or user would have to submit a plan within 3 years to stop nonessential PFAS within 10 years. EPA must issue a final reporting rule within 3 years; initial reports would be due within 18 months after that rule and then at least annually. The Administrator would publish petitions to accelerate phaseouts, run public comment periods, and may require installation of monitors and 30‑day production or records responses. The bill would let the Administrator define who counts as a PFAS manufacturer or user and would require rulemaking to follow standard notice-and-comment procedures.
New PFAS research centers and transfers
If enacted, the bill would set up two PFAS Centers of Excellence: one pairing a large research university with a National Laboratory, and one at a qualifying rural university. The centers must build testing and remediation capabilities and share findings. Leftover PFAS stocks could be transferred to accredited research entities for approved work that helps meet the bill's goals. The Administrator must aim to establish the centers within 1 year, with up to a 3‑year delay if Congress is notified.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
MN • D
Cosponsors
Morrison
MN • D
Sponsored 3/19/2026
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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