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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4339 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to publicly disclose the results of Depart-
ment of Defense perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2021 
Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself 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 perfluoroalkyl or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military PFAS Testing 
Disclosure Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF RESULTS OF DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE TESTING FOR PERFLUOROAL-
KYL OR POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES. 
(a) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PFAS TESTING.—Upon 
receipt of testing results, the Secretary of Defense shall 
immediately publicly disclose the results of any testing for 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly re-
ferred to as ‘‘PFAS’’) conducted on or at areas sur-
rounding military installations of the Department of De-
fense in the United States, formerly used defense sites, 
and State-owned facilities of the National Guard includ-
ing— 
(1) all such testing results conducted by the 
Department of Defense; and 
(2) all such testing results conducted by a non- 
Department entity (including any Federal agency 
and any public or private entity) under contract by 
or pursuant to an agreement with the Department 
of Defense. 
(b) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PLANNED PFAS TEST-
ING.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall disclose the expected timing and 
location of any planned testing for perfluoroalkyl or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances conducted on or at areas sur-
rounding military installations of the Department of De-
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fense in the United States, formerly used defense sites, 
or State-owned facilities of the National Guard includ-
ing— 
(1) all such testing to be conducted by the De-
partment of Defense; and 
(2) all such testing results to be conducted by 
a non-Department entity (including any Federal 
agency and any public or private entity) under con-
tract by or pursuant to an agreement with the De-
partment of Defense. 
(c) NATURE OF DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary of De-
fense may satisfy the disclosure requirements under sub-
sections (a) and (b) by publishing the information, 
datasets, and results relating to the testing referred to in 
such subsection— 
(1) on the publicly available website established 
under section 331(b) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–92); 
(2) on another publicly available website of the 
Department of Defense; or 
(3) in the Federal Register. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS.—The information required to be 
disclosed by the Secretary of Defense under subsections 
(a) and (b) and published under subsection (c) shall— 
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(1) constitute a record for the purposes of 
chapter 21, 29, 31, and 33 of title 44, United States 
Code; and 
(2) include any underlying datasets or addi-
tional information of interest to the public, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense. 
(e) LOCAL NOTIFICATION.—Prior to conducting any 
testing for perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide notice in writing 
to— 
(1) the managers of the public water system 
and the publicly owned treatment works serving the 
areas located immediately adjacent to the military 
installation where such testing is to occur; 
(2) the municipal government serving the areas 
located immediately adjacent to the military installa-
tion where such testing is to occur; and 
(3) all Restoration Advisory Board members for 
the military installation where such testing is to 
occur. 
(f) TESTING.—When testing for perfluoroalkyl or 
polyfluoroalkyl substances, the Secretary of Defense shall 
test for any perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance for 
which a method of measuring the amount of such sub-
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stance in drinking water has been validated by the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘formerly used defense site’’ 
means any site formerly used by the Department of 
Defense or National Guard eligible for environ-
mental restoration by the Secretary of Defense fund-
ed under the ‘‘Environmental Restoration Account, 
Formerly Used Defense Sites’’ account established 
under section 2703(a)(5) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 2801(c)(4) of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 
substance’’ means any man-made chemical with at 
least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. 
(4) The term ‘‘public water system’’ has the 
meaning given such term under section 1401(4) of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f(4)). 
(5) The term ‘‘treatment works’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 212(2) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292(2)). 
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