A bipartisan Congressional bill introduced by a pair of Michigan legislators would dedicate $50 million to finding sites across the United States that may contain PFAS.
The new legislation would fund the U.S. Geologic Survey, funding a search for the chemicals in water, soil and air.
Identifying where the chemicals exist is a first step toward cleaning up contamination, the legislators said.
Multiple states are confronting PFAS contamination, including at closed military installations.
Estimates from the Environmental Work Group this year suggest up to 110 million Americans have some PFAS in their drinking water.
They’ve also contaminated both ground water and surface water, creating public health concerns.
In Michigan, that includes one municipal water plant shutdown and thousands of people using either in-home water filters or bottled water.
The most recent House bill resembles a bill introduced into the U.S. Senate in August.
A related bill introduced in the Senate at the same time was called the PFAS Accountability Act, which seeks to expedite cleanups at federal sites.
Kildee’s office said that’s expected to happen, but offered no timing plan.