,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aibi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ab1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,peters 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,moran1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,warnock1 
and ,ms4 ,baldwin7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the             
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration to provide progress    
reports on the development and          
implementation of the national          
transition plan related to a            
fluorine-free firefighting foam1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,,pfas-,free  
,firefighting ,foam ,transition         
,reporting ,act4  #b4 ,progress reports 
on the national transition plan related 
to a fluorine-free firefighting foam    
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj    
days after the date of enactment of this
 section1 and every #ahj days thereafter

 until the progress report termination  
date described in subsection 7c71 the   
,administrator of the ,,faa1 in         
consultation with the ,administrator of 
the ,environmental ,protection ,agency  
and the ,secretary of ,defense1 shall   
submit to the appropriate committees of 
,congress a progress report on the      
development and implementation of a     
national transition plan related to a   
fluorine-free firefighting foam that--  
7#a7 meets the performance standards    
referenced in chapter #f of ,,ac ,no3   
#aej_/ebaj-f;,d and is acceptable under 
section #aci4cai7l7 of title #ad1 ,code 
of ,federal ,regulations1 for use at    
part #aci airports2 and  7#b7 includes  
the issuance of guidance related to the 
use of fluorine-free firefighting foam  
at airports that are not part #aci      
airports1 consistent with subsection    
7b77#c74  7b7 ,required information     
,each progress report required by       
subsection 7a7 shall include the        
following3 7#a7 ,an assessment of the   

progress made by the ,,faa with respect 
to providing part #aci airports with--  
7,a7 guidance from the ,environmental   
,protection ,agency on acceptable       
environmental limits relating to such   
fluorine-free firefighting foam2  7,b7  
guidance from the ,department of        
,defense on that department's transition
 to a fluorine-free firefighting foam2  
7,c7 best practices for the             
decontamination of existing aircraft    
rescue and firefighting vehicles1       
systems1 and other equipment used to    
deploy firefighting foam at part #aci   
airports2 and  7,d7 timelines for the   
release of policy and guidance relating 
to part #aci airport implementation     
plans for obtaining approved military   
specification products and firefighting 
personnel training4  7#b7 ,a            
comprehensive list of the amount of     
rolling stock of firefighting foam at   
each part #aci airport as of the date of
 the submission of the progress report  
and the number of gallons regularly kept

 in reserve at each such airport4  7#c7 
,an assessment of the progress made by  
the ,,faa with respect to providing     
airports that are not part #aci         
airports1 and local authorities with    
responsibility for inspection and       
oversight at such airports1 with        
guidance relating to the use of         
fluorine-free firefighting foam at such 
airports that includes the guidance1    
best practices1 and timelines required  
by paragraph 7#a7 for part #aci         
airports1 but modified to the extent    
appropriate for application to airports 
that are not part #aci airports4  7#d7  
,such other information as the          
,administrator of the ,,faa determines  
appropriate4  7c7 ,progress report      
termination date ,for purposes of       
subsection 7a71 the progress report     
termination date described in this      
subsection is the date on which the     
,administrator of the ,,faa notifies the
 appropriate committees of ,congress    
that development and implementation of  

the national transition plan described  
in subsection 7a7 is complete4  7d7     
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,appropriate committees of congress ,the
 term appropriate committees of         
,congress means the ,committee on       
,transportation and ,infrastructure of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation of the ,senate4  7#b7   
,,faa ,the term ,,faa means the ,federal
 ,aviation ,administration4  7#c7 ,part 
#aci airport ,the term part #aci airport
 means an airport certified under part  
#aci of title #ad1 ,code of ,federal    
,regulations4