PFAS Cleanup Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8632 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8632 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on the sale of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, to establish a credit for expenditures paid or incurred for the removal of such substances from public water systems, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 30, 2026 Ms. Sanchez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on the sale of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, to establish a credit for expenditures paid or incurred for the removal of such substances from public water systems, 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 ``PFAS Cleanup Act''. SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) PFAS pollution results in significant health harms and social costs, including-- (A) an estimated annual cost as high as $60,000,000,000 with respect to the impact of such pollution on health, and (B) an estimated cost of between $7,000,000 and $30,000,000 per pound of such pollution with respect to its removal from drinking water. (2) Raising revenues to partially address the significant costs resulting from PFAS pollution would complement other avenues for addressing such costs, including regulatory efforts by States and communities to hold PFAS polluters accountable. SEC. 3. PFAS EXCISE TAX IMPOSED. (a) In General.--Chapter 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter: ``Subchap