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Did Derrick Van Orden secure $350 million to replace PFAS firefighting foam?

Matches stated record claim. He voted for the 2024 FAA law allowing up to $350 million for airports nationwide to replace PFAS foam, a cap on future funding rather than money set aside.

Derrick Van Orden

$350 million to move firefighting foam off PFAS

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What they say

His campaign says he has secured $350 million to transition firefighting foams away from PFAS to safer alternatives.

“secured $350 million to transition firefighting foams away from PFAS to safer alternatives”

What the record shows ·

The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 authorises “not more than $350,000,000 to carry out the PFAS replacement program”, which reimburses certificated airports for moving to approved fluorine-free firefighting foams at a 100 percent federal share. He voted Yea on House passage on July 20, 2023, which carried 351-69, and Yea on final passage on May 15, 2024, which carried 387-26. It became Public Law 118-63 the next day.

Limit: The figure is an authorisation ceiling — the most that may later be appropriated — rather than money appropriated. The programme is national and applies to airports holding a part 139 certificate, not specifically to Wisconsin. He was one of 387 members voting for it. The same $350,000,000 figure appears beside PFAS language in nine other public laws, all of them enacted before he took office on January 3, 2023, and none of those can be the one he means.

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  1. Van Orden for Congress, issueshttps://vanordenforcongress.com/issues/

    Van Orden for Congress · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-22; 1,074 words. The campaign's own site, identified by its "Paid for by Van Orden for Congress" line. Note that derrickvanorden.com is a registrar parking page and is not this site.

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  2. Public Law 118-63, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-118publ63

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Enacted 2024-05-16. Its text reads: "There is authorized to be appropriated not more than $350,000,000 to carry out the PFAS replacement program", which reimburses airports holding a part 139 operating certificate for the transition to approved fluorine-free firefighting foams, at a federal share of 100 percent. Read from the GovInfo package text on 2026-09-22.

    official legislative record

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  3. House roll call 364, 118th Congress, 1st session (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    On passage of H.R. 3935, 2023-07-20. Passed 351-69. Van Orden voted Yea.

    official legislative record

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  4. House roll call 200, 118th Congress, 2nd session (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    On the motion to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3935, 2024-05-15. Passed 387-26. Van Orden voted Yea. This is the vote that sent the bill to the President.

    official legislative record

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