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WEDNESDAY JULY 21, 2021 SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

WEDNESDAY JULY 21, 2021 SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Amendments to H.R. 2467: Kildee (D-MI), Kind (D-WI), Delgado (D-NY) – Amendment No. 1 – Requires EPA to create a website to better help well water users test their water and understand the results Leger Fernandez (D-NM) – Amendment No. 2 – Ensures that testing under Sec. 3 and the risk communication strategy under Sec. 15 considers the risks PFAS poses to water used for agricultural purposes Levin, Andy (D-MI) – Amendment No. 3 – Establishes a new grant program to test for and remediate PFAS containments in the drinking water at school facilities, and authorizes $100 million to carry out that program for FY2022 through FY2026 OcasioCortez (D-NY) – Amendment No. 4 – Ensures that information on the Household Well Water Testing Website is presented in a manner that provides meaningful access to individuals (10 minutes) 6 with limited English proficiency Ross, Deborah (D-NC), Rouzer (R-NC) – Amendment No. 5 – Revises the PFAS Infrastructure Grant Program to allow applicants to certify that the treatment technology that was in use by the community water system on the date of enactment was not sufficient to remove all detectable amounts of PFAS San Nicolas (D-GU) – Amendment No. 6 – Requires the Administrator to provide grants to insular territories Sarbanes (D-MD), Fitzpatrick (R-PA) – Amendment No. 7 – Requires EPA to obtain analytical reference standards for PFAS for the development of protocols and methodologies and enforcement activities Slotkin (D-MI) – Amendment No. 8 – Increases the annual funding for the Assistance for Community Water Systems Affected by PFAS grant program Slotkin (D-MI), Meijer (R-MI) – Amendment No. 9 – Adds to the Household Well Water Testing Website information about the health risks associated with exposure to PFAS contaminated water as well as recommendations for individuals who believe they may have been exposed such PFAS-contaminated water Slotkin (D-MI) – Amendment No. 10 – Adds to the list of products covered by the PFAS-Free Product Labeling Program – ADOPTED 226 – 195, ROLL CALL 215 Republican YEA – 8; NAY – 195 Democrat YEA – 218; NAY – 0 Republican Motion to Recommit on H.R. 2467 – REJECTED 204 – 218, ROLL CALL 216 Republican YEA – 0; NAY – 204 Democrat YEA – 218; NAY – 0 Passage of H.R. 2467 – PFAS Action Act of 2021 – PASSED 241 – 183, ROLL CALL 217 Republican YEA – 23; NAY – 183 Democrat YEA – 218; NAY – 0