House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to States, territories, and Indian Tribes to address contamination by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances on farms, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chellie Pingree D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6476.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Page H5052):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6476, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6476
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 2026). 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 3077 (119th) Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1027 (119th) Supporting the designation of the "International Year of the Woman Farmer" to recognize and honor the critical role of women in agriculture.
- H.R. 1808 (119th) Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act of 2025
- H.R. 4047 (119th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2025
- H.R. 2576 (119th) Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2025
- H.R. 4987 (119th) Food Date Labeling Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 3353 (119th) Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.