House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
PFAS Strictest Standard Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 25, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5263.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLOTKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 138, August 22, 2023, Page H4198):To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: Require DoD to abide by most stringent standards among state or federal PFAS standards when conducting remediation under CERCLA.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 404 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5263, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5263
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Bill Posey (R-FL), Lori Trahan (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elissa Slotkin.
- H.Res. 554 (118th) Affirming the nature and importance of the support of the United States for the religious and ethnic minority survivors of genocide in Iraq.
- H.R. 3790 (118th) Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2023
- H.R. 1370 (118th) Communications Security Act
- H.R. 2390 (118th) Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2023
- H.R. 1815 (118th) Expanding Veterans’ Options for Long Term Care Act
- H.R. 2852 (118th) Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.