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Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act

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Introduced:
Feb 4, 2025
Policy Area:
Foreign Trade and International Finance

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Actions
4
Cosponsors
1
Summaries
4
Subjects
1
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Feb 4, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Feb 4, 2025 00
<p><strong>Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act</strong></p><p>This bill revises requirements for a garment to be considered water resistant under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). The HTS sets out the tariff rates and statistical categories for all merchandise imported into the United States.</p><p>Currently, garments that are classified under specified subheadings under chapter 62 of the HTS (e.g., water resistant trousers) must have a water resistance such that, under a head pressure of 600 millimeters, not more than 1.0 gram of water penetrates after two minutes when tested in accordance with a specified test method. Further, the water resistance must be the result of a rubber or plastics application to the outer shell, lining, or inner lining. This bill removes the requirement that the water resistance must be the result of a rubber or plastics application to the outer shell, lining, or inner lining.</p>

Actions (3)

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Feb 4, 2025

Subjects (4)

Consumer affairs Foreign Trade and International Finance (Policy Area) Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Tariffs

Cosponsors (4)

Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
(D-MI)
Apr 28, 2025
Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large]
(D-DE)
Apr 17, 2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
(R-PA)
Mar 14, 2025
Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
(R-UT)
Feb 4, 2025

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Feb 4, 2025
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Length: 1,269 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Feb 4, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 6:20 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 960 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 960

To amend chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States to modify the requirements for a garment to be considered water
resistant.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 4, 2025

Ms. Pingree (for herself and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States to modify the requirements for a garment to be considered water
resistant.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act''.
SEC. 2.
WATER RESISTANT.

Additional U.S. Note 2 to chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States is amended by striking the second
sentence.
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