Senator Introduces CRA Resolution to Nullify EPA’s PFAS Reporting Extension

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has introduced a joint resolution to disapprove EPA’s April extension of the start PFAS Reporting Rule’s reporting period start date.

The Congressional Review Act resolution, filed as S.J.Res. 187 on April 27, 2026, would immediately nullify EPA’s extension rule if passed.  The resolution currently has no cosponsors.

EPA’s extension pushed the start of the reporting period to January 31, 2027, or 60 days following the effective date of amendments narrowing the rule’s scope, whichever is earlier.  EPA proposed those amendments in November 2025, which would add exemptions for de minimis concentrations and imported articles, among others.

The extension was published on April 13, the same day the reporting period was scheduled to open.  EPA had already delayed the start of the period twice before, citing technical difficulties.

The PFAS Reporting Rule is a one-time PFAS reporting obligation under TSCA section 8(a)(7) for persons who manufactured or imported PFAS for commercial purposes between 2011 and 2022.  More on the rule is available in our archive.