Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act

This bill would create a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant program for states, the District of Columbia, territories, and Indian Tribes that have farmland or farm water with unsafe levels of PFAS chemicals. Grants could pay for health monitoring of affected farm households, buying or compensating for contaminated land and farm products, income replacement, equipment for changing farm operations, testing, research, and education. At least 30 percent of yearly program funding would go to governments with fewer than 3,000,000 people. The bill would also create a USDA task force on PFAS and authorize $500,000,000 for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.

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Sponsors

• Susan M. Collins Republican sponsor
• 4 cosponsors