Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021
Latest action · Nov 19, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 18, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021
This bill prohibits food packaging that contains intentionally added PFAS (i.e., a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance that is man-made with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom).
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 18, 2021 to Dec 1, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Nov 18, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 14, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jan 28, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Feb 2, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Mar 31, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Mar 31, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Mar 31, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 1, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Apr 27, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 27, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | May 31, 2022 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jun 8, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jun 21, 2022 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Jun 23, 2022 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jul 29, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Dec 1, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 19, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 18, 2021Introduced in House
- Nov 18, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 201, November 18, 2021, page H6609.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3169 | Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Nov 4, 2021 |
| S 5516 | Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2026 | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 24, 2026 |
| HR 9864 | Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2024 | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 27, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
