Clean Water For Military Families Act

To require the Secretary of Defense to conduct testing for and remediation of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances at or surrounding installations of the Department of Defense located in the United States, formerly used defense sites, and State-owned facilities of the National Guard, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clean Water For Military Families Act 2. Testing for and remediation of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances by Department of Defense (a) In general The Secretary of Defense shall— (1) conduct investigations into releases of PFAS, including testing for the presence of PFAS in groundwater, surface and drinking water, soil, and soil vapor, at or surrounding installations of the Department of Defense located in the United States, formerly used defense sites, and State-owned facilities of the National Guard; and (2) conduct response actions relating to PFAS contamination at or surrounding installations of the Department located in the United States, formerly used defense sites, or State-owned facilities of the National Guard if— (A) any detection of PFAS exceeds the standards under subsection (b); or (B) the Secretary finds remediation of PFAS to be appropriate to protect human health or the environment. (b) Standards for response actions with respect to PFAS contamination In conducting response actions under subsection (a)(2) with respect to PFAS contamination, the Secretary shall conduct such actions to achieve a level of PFAS in the environmental media that meets or provides more protection than the most stringent of the following standards for PFAS in any environmental media: (1) A State standard as described in clause (ii) of section 121(d)(2)(A) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9621(d)(2)(A) (2) A Federal standard as described in clause (i) of such section. (3) A health advisory under section 1412(b)(1)(F) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300g–1(b)(1)(F) (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 to the Department of Defense $10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out this section. (d) Savings clause Except with respect to the specific level required to be met under subsection (b), nothing in this section affects the application of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) Formerly used defense site The term formerly used defense site Environmental Restoration Account, Formerly Used Defense Sites (2) PFAS The term PFAS (3) Response action The term response action 42 U.S.C. 9604

Summary: Clean Water For Military Families Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to conduct investigations into releases of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at or surrounding DOD installations located in the United States, formerly used defense sites, and state-owned facilities of the National Guard. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. DOD must also conduct response actions relating to PFAS contamination at the mentioned locations if any detection of PFAS exceeds specified standards for contamination or DOD finds remediation to be appropriate to protect human health or the environment.