Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Trade, Education.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026. The table of contents for this Act...
- Section idA984A8A4DD5543E7A788F7EBB1287A07: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term Centers of Excellence means— the...
- Section id38cea42056c1483b99b649ff5474ba0e: 101. Agreement with the National Academies concerning the essential uses of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances The purposes of this section are to...
- Section idc469424839784b48bb607f477e29ad47: 102. Manufacturing and use phaseout program The purposes of this subsection are— to make available and accessible data to inform a nationwide phaseout of the...
- Section idaacf3cca4a3f4b4da207b3b2b3b4a779: 103. United States perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance policy It is the policy of the United States that, to the maximum extent practicable and as...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Trade, Education
Primary Purpose
This bill, Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a claim based on, arising from, or attributable to the presence of, or exposure to— a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance (as defined in section 2 of the Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026)
a claim based on, arising from, or attributable to the presence of, or exposure to— a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance (as defined in section 2 of the Forever Chemical Regulation and Accountability Act of 2026)
a department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Federal Government that— has jurisdiction over a facility that manufactures a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance
any person who— imports into the United States, a territory of the United States, or a Freely Associated State a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance
the latter of— the date on which that contaminant of emerging concern, pollutant, chemical, waste, or other substance is designated as a hazardous substance
an institution of higher education that— is located in a State described in section 1703(d)(1)(C)(iii)(I) of title 38, United States Code
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