To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a compensation fund for military firefighters exposed to PFAS.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6946.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STRICKLAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 5, January 10, 2024, Page H52):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To create a compensation fund for military fire fighters exposed to PFAS
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6946, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6946

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f03e10b4ff05ec6d31d4bd688dd4628771b2241ded04c7d68fb20b85f3f53d7

  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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