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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
116TH CONGRESS J REPT. 116-364
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
PFAS ACTION ACT OF 2019
JANuARY 2, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 535]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 535) to require the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive En-
vironmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an
amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................... 13
II. Background and Need for Legislation ....................................................... 14
III. Com m ittee H earings .................................................................................. 14
IV. Com m ittee Consideration .......................................................................... 15
V . Com m ittee V otes ........................................................................................ 16
VI. Oversight Findings ..................................................................................... . 16
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 16
VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent .................................................................... 16
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................... 16
X. Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................... 16
XI. Com m ittee Cost Estim ate .......................................................................... 19
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............... 19
XIII. Advisory Committee Statement ................................................................. 19
XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................... 19
XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ......................................... 19
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................ 21
XV II. D issenting V iew s ......................................................................................... 109
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