# 119-s-3457: Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2025

119-s-3457, Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3457
- Congress: 119
- Title: Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Creates a federal framework to regulate PFAS in waterways.** This bill would force EPA to set water-quality criteria, require monitoring and staged effluent limits for priority dischargers, and fund pretreatment capacity for public treatment plants. - Communities and households: EPA must publish human health water quality criteria for each measurable PFAS within three years, improving the science used to track and limit PFAS in drinking and surface waters. - Publicly owned treatment works and utilities: The bill authorizes $200 million per year for 2026–2030 for pretreatment grants to help utilities monitor and reduce PFAS and starts mandatory monitoring for prioritized discharge categories immediately. - Regulated industries and EPA actions: EPA would face near-term deadlines in 2026–2028 to finalize effluent limitation guidelines for priority sectors and must adopt a new lab method (Method 1633A) by January 2026 to measure PFAS. *This bill would authorize up to $200 million per year for pretreatment grants and $12 million per year for EPA activities for 2026–2030, increasing federal spending by up to about $212 million per year over that period.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- PFAS grants for wastewater plants: benefit, high. If enacted, $200 million would be authorized each year from FY2026 through FY2030 for grants to publicly owned wastewater plants to run pretreatment programs and to monitor or analyze local PFAS sources. Grants would be awarded only if Congress provides the money and the funds would remain availabl…
- New EPA PFAS rules and testing: mixed, high. If enacted, the EPA would set national human-health water quality criteria for every measurable PFAS within three years. The EPA would require monitoring of measurable PFAS discharges starting on enactment and set effluent limits for listed industries by fixed deadlines (Sept 30, 2026; Sept 30, 202…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4203: Voter Empowerment Act of 2026
- 119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-3457 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3457)

## Related
- [119-s-4203: Voter Empowerment Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4203)
- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3457 (as of 2026-09-10).