House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Fred Upton R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2018 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6835.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. UPTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 154, September 17, 2018, Page H8732):Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defense and general Welfare of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 223 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6835, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6835
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6835, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Bill Posey (R-FL), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.