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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7392 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to publicly disclose the results of Department of Defense testing for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 26, 2020 

Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself, Mr. GARAMENDI, and Mr. TURNER) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to publicly disclose the 

results of Department of Defense testing for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military PFAS Testing 

5 Disclosure Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF RESULTS OF DEPARTMENT 

2 OF DEFENSE TESTING FOR PERFLUOROAL3 KYL OR POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES. 

4 (a) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PFAS TESTING.—The 

5 Secretary of Defense shall publicly disclose the results of 

6 any testing for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances 

7 (commonly referred to as ‘‘PFAS’’) conducted on military 

8 installations or formerly used defense sites, including— 

9 (1) all such testing results conducted by the 

10 Department of Defense; and 

11 (2) all such testing results conducted by a non12 Department entity (including any Federal agency 

13 and any public or private entity) under contract by 

14 or pursuant to an agreement with the Department 

15 of Defense. 

16 (b) NATURE OF DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary of De17 fense may satisfy the disclosure requirement under sub18 section (a) by publishing the information, datasets, and 

19 results relating to the testing referred to in such sub20 section— 

21 (1) on the publicly available website established 

22 under section 331(b) of the National Defense Au23 thorization Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–92); 

24 (2) on another publicly available website of the 

25 Department of Defense; or 

26 (3) in the Federal Register. 


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1 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—The information required to be 

2 disclosed by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) 

3 and published under subsection (b) shall— 

4 (1) constitute a record for the purposes of 

5 chapter 21, 29, 31, and 33 of title 44, United States 

6 Code; and 

7 (2) include any underlying datasets or addi8 tional information of interest to the public, as deter9 mined by the Secretary of Defense. 

10 (d) LOCAL NOTIFICATION.—Prior to conducting any 

11 testing for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, 

12 the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the managers 

13 of the public water system and the publicly owned treat14 ment works serving the areas located immediately adja15 cent to the military installation where such testing is to 

16 occur notice in writing of the testing. 

17 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) The term ‘‘formerly used defense site’’ 

19 means any site formerly used by the Department of 

20 Defense or National Guard eligible for environ21 mental restoration by the Secretary of Defense fund22 ed under the ‘‘Environmental Restoration Account, 

23 Formerly Used Defense Sites’’ account established 

24 under section 2703(a)(5) of title 10, United States 

25 Code. 


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1 (2) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the 

2 meaning given such term in section 2801(c)(4) of 

3 title 10, United States Code. 

4 (3) The term ‘‘perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 

5 substance’’ means any man-made chemical with at 

6 least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. 

7 (4) The term ‘‘public water system’’ has the 

8 meaning given such term under section 1401(4) of 

9 the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f(4)). 

10 (5) The term ‘‘treatment works’’ has the mean11 ing given such term in section 212(2) of the Federal 

12 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292(2)). 

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