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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8901 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report regarding the provision 
of water alternatives to communities affected by PFAS contamination, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 
Ms. SLOTKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report regard-
ing the provision of water alternatives to communities 
affected by PFAS contamination, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROVI-
SION OF WATER ALTERNATIVES TO COMMU-
NITIES AFFECTED BY PFAS CONTAMINATION. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December 
1, 2022, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate a report containing an outline of 
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the plan of the Department of Defense to provide (or con-
tinue providing, as the case may be) alternative water 
sources to affected communities surrounding military in-
stallations with levels of perfluoroalkyl substances that 
have been determined to be above the lifetime health advi-
sory for contamination for such substances as issued by 
the Environmental Protection Agency and printed in the 
Federal Register on June 21, 2022. 
(b) MATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) A list of any military installations previously 
classified as requiring ‘‘no further action’’ with re-
spect to perfluoroalkyl substances contamination 
that, as of the date of the report, require additional 
investigation with respect to such contamination. 
(2) A list of any military installations with pre-
vious tests results of perfluorooctanoic acid or 
perfluorooctane sulfonic acid at concentrations above 
0 but less than 70 parts per trillion, and a descrip-
tion of the timeline and processes by which the Sec-
retary has provided, and continues to provide, alter-
native water sources to affected communities sur-
rounding such installations. 
(3) A description of any guidance issued by the 
Secretary to update the processes and procedures of 
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the Department in accordance with the lifetime 
health advisory issued by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency and printed in the Federal Register on 
June 21, 2022. 
(4) A description of any plans of the Depart-
ment for community engagement with respect to af-
fected communities referred to in subsection (a). 
(5) A description of any additional resources 
necessary for the Secretary to address the needs of 
such affected communities. 
(6) A description of the testing methods for 
perfluoroalkyl substances, and the levels of detection 
associated with such methods, currently available to 
the Department. 
(c) ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘alternative water source’’ means 
a source of water uncontaminated with perfluoroalkyl sub-
stances. 
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