[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9864 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9864
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the
introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of
food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 27, 2024
Mrs. Dingell (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Lynch, Ms.
Pingree, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Casten, Mr. Davis of
Illinois, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sorensen, Ms. Meng, Ms.
Tokuda, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Titus, Mr. Garcia of
Illinois, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the
introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of
food packaging containing intentionally added PFAS, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS
Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST FOOD PACKAGING CONTAINING INTENTIONALLY
ADDED PFAS.
(a) In General.--Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(fff)(1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into
interstate commerce of food packaging containing intentionally added
PFAS.
``(2) The term `PFAS' means a perfluoroalkyl substance or a
polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man-made with at least 1 fully
fluorinated carbon atom.''.
(b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies
beginning on January 1, 2025.
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