---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 8962"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "8962"
heading: "PFAS research and development"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/8962"
units:
  - "Chapter 115 — Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Emerging Contaminants"
  - "Subchapter V — Other Matters"
---

# §8962. PFAS research and development

- (a) **In general—** The [Administrator](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1), acting through the Assistant [Administrator](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) for the Office of Research and Development, shall—
  - (1)
    - (A) further examine the effects of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances on human health and the environment; and
    - (B) make publicly available information relating to the findings under [subparagraph (A)](#a-1-A);
  - (2) develop a process for prioritizing which perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or classes of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, should be subject to additional research efforts that is based on—
    - (A) the potential for human exposure to the substances or classes of substances;
    - (B) the potential toxicity of the substances or classes of substances; and
    - (C) information available about the substances or classes of substances;
  - (3) develop new tools to characterize and identify perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the environment, including in drinking water, wastewater, surface water, groundwater, solids, and the air;
  - (4) evaluate approaches for the remediation of contamination by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the environment; and
  - (5) develop and implement new tools and materials to communicate with the public about perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
- (b) **Funding—** There is authorized to be appropriated to the [Administrator](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–92, div. F, title LXXIII, § 7362, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2290.)