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Senate Bill 2525
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Sep 19, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Sep 19, 2019
Latest Action
Aug 12, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2525
Congress
116
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
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Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Jeanne Shaheen
New Hampshire
Republican
Cory Gardner
Colorado
Democrat
Maggie Hassan
New Hampshire
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act of 2019

This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to study and report on the contents and composition of certain firefighting equipment.

Such study shall examine perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, in new and unused personal protective equipment (PPE) worn by firefighters. PFAS are man-made substances that may have adverse human health effects, and which are contained in a variety of PPE. Specifically NIST must study (1) the identity, prevalence, and concentration of PFAS in such PPE; (2) the conditions and extent to which PFAS are released into the environment from the degradation of such PPE from normal use by firefighters; and (3) the relative risk of exposure to PFAS faced by firefighters.

NIST shall issue a solicitation for research proposals to carry out recommendations from its report and award grants to applicants that submit proposals to develop safe alternatives to PFAS in firefighters' PPE.

Text (2)
Reported to Senate
July 22, 2020
Introduced in Senate
September 19, 2019
Related Bills (1)
Jul 09, 2020
Introduced in House
2
Sponsorship
House Bill 7560
Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act of 2020
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
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CRS
Actions (6)
08/12/2020
By Senator Wicker from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 116-252.
07/22/2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 493.
07/22/2020
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
11/13/2019
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
09/19/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
09/19/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:45:43 PM
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