[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1929 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1929

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 provide progress reports on the development and implementation of the 
national transition plan related to a fluorine-free firefighting foam, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2023

Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Moran, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Warnock, and Ms. 
   Baldwin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 provide progress reports on the development and implementation of the 
national transition plan related to a fluorine-free firefighting foam, 
                        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 ``PFAS-Free Firefighting Foam 
Transition Reporting Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRESS REPORTS ON THE NATIONAL TRANSITION PLAN RELATED TO A 
              FLUORINE-FREE FIREFIGHTING FOAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, and every 180 days thereafter until the 
progress report termination date described in subsection (c), the 
Administrator of the FAA, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Defense, shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a progress report on 
the development and implementation of a national transition plan 
related to a fluorine-free firefighting foam that--
            (1) meets the performance standards referenced in chapter 6 
        of AC No: 150/5210-6D and is acceptable under section 
        139.319(l) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, for use at 
        part 139 airports; and
            (2) includes the issuance of guidance related to the use of 
        fluorine-free firefighting foam at airports that are not part 
        139 airports, consistent with subsection (b)(3).
    (b) Required Information.--Each progress report required by 
subsection (a) shall include the following:
            (1) An assessment of the progress made by the FAA with 
        respect to providing part 139 airports with--
                    (A) guidance from the Environmental Protection 
                Agency on acceptable environmental limits relating to 
                such fluorine-free firefighting foam;
                    (B) guidance from the Department of Defense on that 
                department's transition to a fluorine-free firefighting 
                foam;
                    (C) best practices for the decontamination of 
                existing aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles, 
                systems, and other equipment used to deploy 
                firefighting foam at part 139 airports; and
                    (D) timelines for the release of policy and 
                guidance relating to part 139 airport implementation 
                plans for obtaining approved military specification 
                products and firefighting personnel training.
            (2) A comprehensive list of the amount of rolling stock of 
        firefighting foam at each part 139 airport as of the date of 
        the submission of the progress report and the number of gallons 
        regularly kept in reserve at each such airport.
            (3) An assessment of the progress made by the FAA with 
        respect to providing airports that are not part 139 airports, 
        and local authorities with responsibility for inspection and 
        oversight at such airports, with guidance relating to the use 
        of fluorine-free firefighting foam at such airports that 
        includes the guidance, best practices, and timelines required 
        by paragraph (1) for part 139 airports, but modified to the 
        extent appropriate for application to airports that are not 
        part 139 airports.
            (4) Such other information as the Administrator of the FAA 
        determines appropriate.
    (c) Progress Report Termination Date.--For purposes of subsection 
(a), the progress report termination date described in this subsection 
is the date on which the Administrator of the FAA notifies the 
appropriate committees of Congress that development and implementation 
of the national transition plan described in subsection (a) is 
complete.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate.
            (2) FAA.--The term ``FAA'' means the Federal Aviation 
        Administration.
            (3) Part 139 airport.--The term ``part 139 airport'' means 
        an airport certified under part 139 of title 14, Code of 
        Federal Regulations.
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