HouseH.R. 9593119th Congress

Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act of 2026

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9593 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9593

   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

                              July 6, 2026

Mrs. Dingell (for herself 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 2026''.

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:
    ``(jjj)(1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into 
interstate commerce of food packaging containing intentionally added 
PFAS.
    ``(2) In this paragraph, the term `PFAS' means a class of 
fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated 
methyl or methylene carbon atom.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
beginning on January 1, 2027.
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