Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act
Sponsored By: Senator Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a USDA grant program to help farms and communities respond to PFAS contamination. The bill would fund testing, health monitoring, compensation, remediation, research, and local support to reduce harms to agricultural land and farm households.
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- Farmers and producers: Grants would cover compensation for contaminated land and farm products, depopulation or disposal costs, income replacement, and investments to help farms transition or remediate.
- Small, tribal, and local governments: Eligible governments include States, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Indian Tribes, with at least 30 percent of annual funding set aside for jurisdictions under 3,000,000 people.
- Public health, testing, and research: Funds would support blood serum and other health monitoring, expanded PFAS testing and data systems, long-term monitoring, research on remediation and food safety, and a USDA task force to advise and provide technical help.
*Would authorize $500.0 million for fiscal years 2026–2030 to carry out the program.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Grants for Farmers Hit by PFAS
This bill would create a USDA grant program to help farms and communities hit by PFAS contamination. It would define key terms like agricultural land, PFAS, septage, sludge, and eligible governments (States, DC, U.S. territories, and Indian Tribes). Eligible governments could apply if the Secretary (with the EPA Administrator) finds soil or production water has unsafe PFAS levels; the Secretary would consider State standards. Grants would pay for health monitoring (including blood serum testing), buying or compensating contaminated land or products, depopulation or disposal costs, equipment or infrastructure to keep farms viable, business-transition planning and income replacement, expanded PFAS testing and data systems, research, education, long-term monitoring, and voluntary testing. The bill would authorize $500 million for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 and would require at least 30 percent of each year’s program funding go to eligible governments with populations under 3,000,000.
USDA Task Force on PFAS
The bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to set up an internal task force made of USDA employees. The task force would advise whether USDA programs should cover PFAS work, review actions for farms already enrolled in USDA programs when PFAS is found, and provide technical assistance to eligible governments addressing PFAS contamination.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
ME • R
Cosponsors
Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
ME • I
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
OR • D
Sponsored 4/13/2026
Elissa Slotkin
MI • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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