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119-hr-4168119th CongressWALLET

PFAS National Drinking Water Standard Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

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Summary

Codify the EPA's PFAS national drinking water standard into federal law. This bill would make the EPA's April 26, 2024 "PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation" binding as statute and preserve the rule's text, standards, and deadlines as they existed on June 25, 2024.

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  • Households: People served by public water systems would be covered by a single, nationwide PFAS drinking water standard based on the EPA rule.
  • Water systems and utilities: Public water systems would be required to meet the PFAS limits and compliance terms set in the codified EPA rule.
  • State and local agencies: States and local governments would implement the standard consistent with the rule's provisions and timelines.
  • EPA and enforcement: The Environmental Protection Agency would remain the administering and enforcement agency for the codified standard.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Make EPA PFAS water rule law

If enacted, this bill would make the EPA’s PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation the law. It would use the version in effect on June 25, 2024. It points to the final rule at 89 Fed. Reg. 32532, published April 26, 2024. Public water systems and state and local water authorities would need to meet those standards. Households that use public water would get the protections in that rule. EPA would continue to enforce it. The bill would not add new limits, dates, funding, or enforcement tools beyond that rule.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

PA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 6/26/2025

  • Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 8/8/2025

  • Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 8/8/2025

  • Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 8/19/2025

  • Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

  • Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 10/10/2025

  • Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 12/1/2025

  • Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 12/3/2025

  • Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 3/24/2026

  • Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 3/25/2026

  • Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 4/20/2026

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 4/22/2026

  • Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/1/2026

Roll Call Votes

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