174 
HR 2500 PCS
(iv) the Carnegie Classification of In-
stitutions of Higher Education of the asso-
ciated university or college; 
(v) if the associated university or col-
lege qualifies as a historically Black college 
or university or a minority institution. 
(I) Areas for improvement in the programs 
executed under section 2362 of title 10, United 
States Code, the existing authorization to en-
hance defense-related research and education at 
covered institutions. 
(J) Previous executive or legislative actions 
by the Federal Government to address the im-
balance in federal research funding, such as the 
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive 
Research (commonly known as ‘‘EPSCoR’’). 
(K) The effectiveness of the Department of 
Defense in attracting and retaining students 
specializing in STEM from covered institutions 
for the Department’s programs on emerging ca-
pabilities and technologies. 
(L) Any other matters the Commission 
deems relevant to the advancing the defense re-
search capacity of covered institutions. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00174
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
175 
HR 2500 PCS
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall submit to the President and Con-
gress an initial report on the findings of the Com-
mission and such recommendations that the Com-
mission may have for action by the executive branch 
and Congress related to the covered institutions par-
ticipating in Department of Defense research and 
actions necessary to expand their research capacity. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Prior to the date on which 
the commission terminates under subsection (d), the 
Commission shall submit to the President and Con-
gress a comprehensive report on the results of the 
review required under subsection (b). 
(3) FORM
OF
REPORTS.—Reports submitted 
under this subsection shall be made publically avail-
able. 
(d) LIST OF COVERED INSTITUTIONS.—The Commis-
sion, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and 
the Secretary of Defense, shall make available a list identi-
fying each covered institution. The list shall be made avail-
able on a publicly accessible website of the Department 
of Defense and the Department of Education and shall 
be updated not less frequently than once annually during 
the life of the Commission. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00175
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
176 
HR 2500 PCS
(e) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 
on December 31, 2021. 
(f) COVERED INSTITUTION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered institution’’ means— 
(1) a part B institution (as that term is defined 
in section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)); or 
(2) any other institution of higher education (as 
that term is defined in section 101 of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 1001)) at which not less than 50 percent of 
the total student enrollment consists of students 
from ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the 
fields of science and engineering. 
SEC. 241. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR BASIC OPERATIONAL 
MEDICAL RESEARCH SCIENCE. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4201, for research, de-
velopment, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, basic re-
search, basic operational medical research science, line 
004 (PE 0601117E) is hereby increased by $5,000,000 
(with the amount of such increase to be made available 
for partnering with universities to research brain injuries). 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00176
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
177 
HR 2500 PCS
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4301, for operation and maintenance, Defense- 
wide, operating forces, Special Operations Command man-
agement/operational headquarters, line 080 is hereby re-
duced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 242. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITY RE-
SEARCH INITIATIVES. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4201, for research, de-
velopment, test, and evaluation, Army, basic research, uni-
versity research initiatives, line 003 (PE 0601103A) is 
hereby increased by $5,000,000 (with the amount of such 
increase to be made available for studying ways to increase 
the longevity and resilience of infrastructure on military 
bases). 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00177
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
178 
HR 2500 PCS
in section 4301, for operation and maintenance, Defense- 
wide, operating forces, Special Operations Command man-
agement/operational headquarters, line 080 is hereby re-
duced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 243. QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE INNOVATION 
CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Air Force, shall es-
tablish a Quantum Information Science Innovation Center 
to accelerate the research and development of quantum 
information sciences by the Air Force. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Quantum Infor-
mation Science Innovation Center shall be to— 
(1) provide an environment where researchers 
from the Air Force, Government, industry, and aca-
demia can collaborate to solve difficult problems 
using quantum information technology; 
(2) accelerate the research and development of 
new computing technologies, including quantum in-
formation sciences; and 
(3) stimulate research and development of 
quantum information sciences technologies by build-
ing upon the quantum information technology devel-
oped at the Air Force Research Laboratory Informa-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00178
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
179 
HR 2500 PCS
tion Directorate, including secure communication 
networks and advanced computing technology. 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts 
set forth in the funding tables in division D, the 
amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 
for research, development, test, and evaluation, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in sec-
tion 4201, for research, development, test, and eval-
uation, Air Force, applied research, dominant infor-
mation sciences and methods, line 014 is hereby in-
creased by $10,000,000 (to be made available for 
the establishment of the Quantum Information 
Science Innovation Center under subsection (a)). 
(2) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount 
authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for op-
eration and maintenance, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4301, for oper-
ation and maintenance, Defense-wide, operating 
forces, Special Operations Command Operational 
Support, line 090 is hereby reduced by $10,000,000. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00179
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
180 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 244. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR NAVAL UNIVERSITY 
RESEARCH INITIATIVES. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4201 for research, de-
velopment, test, and evaluation, Navy, basic research, Uni-
versity Research Initiatives, Line 001 (PE 0601103N) is 
hereby increased by $5,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4301, for operation and maintenance, Defense- 
wide, operating forces, Special Operations Command The-
ater Forces, line 100 is hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 245. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITY AND IN-
DUSTRY RESEARCH CENTERS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4201, for research, de-
velopment, test, and evaluation, Army, basic research for 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00180
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
183 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 248. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR NAVAL UNIVERSITY 
RESEARCH INITIATIVES. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4201 for Navy basic 
research, University Research Initiatives, line 001 (PE 
0601103N) is hereby increased by $5,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4301, for operation and maintenance, Defense- 
wide, operating forces, Special Operations Command The-
ater Forces, line 100 is hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 249. STUDY AND REPORT ON LAB-EMBEDDED ENTRE-
PRENEURIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) STUDY.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Re-
search and Engineering, in consultation with the Director 
of the Advanced Manufacturing Office of the Department 
of Energy, shall conduct a study on the feasibility and po-
tential benefits of establishing a lab-embedded entrepre-
neurial fellowship program. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00183
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
184 
HR 2500 PCS
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to a lab-embedded entrepre-
neurial fellowship program, the following: 
(1) An estimate of administrative and pro-
grammatic costs and materials, including appro-
priate levels of living stipends and health insurance 
to attract a competitive pool of applicants. 
(2) An assessment of capacity for entrepre-
neurial fellows to use laboratory facilities and equip-
ment. 
(3) An assessment of the benefits for partici-
pants in the program through access to mentorship, 
education, and networking and exposure to leaders 
from academia, industry, government, and finance. 
(4) Assessment of the benefits for the Depart-
ment of Defense science and technology activities 
through partnerships and exchanges with program 
fellows. 
(5) An estimate of the economic benefits cre-
ated by the implementation of this program, based 
in part on similar entrepreneurial programs. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study under 
subsection (a), the Under Secretary of Defense for Re-
search and Engineering shall consult with the following, 
as necessary: 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00184
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
185 
HR 2500 PCS
(1) The Director of the Defense Advanced Re-
search Projects Agency. 
(2) The Director of Research for each military 
service. 
(3) Relevant research facilities, including the 
Department of Energy National Laboratories (as de-
fined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 15801)). 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi-
neering shall submit to the designated recipients a 
report on the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (a). At minimum, the report shall include 
an explanation of the results of the study with re-
spect to each element set forth in subsection (b). 
(2) 
NONDUPLICATION
OF
EFFORTS.—The 
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi-
neering may use or add to any existing reports com-
pleted by the Department in order to meet the re-
porting requirement under paragraph (1). 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00185
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
186 
HR 2500 PCS
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘designated recipients’’ means the 
following: 
(A) The Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(B) The Committee on Armed Services, 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources, and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
(C) The Secretary of Defense. 
(D) The Secretary of Energy. 
(2) The term ‘‘lab-embedded entrepreneurial 
fellowship program’’ means a competitive, two-year 
program in which participants (to be known as ‘‘fel-
lows’’) are selected from a pool of applicants to work 
in a Federal research facility where the fellows will 
conduct research, development, and demonstration 
activities, commercialize technology, and train to be 
entrepreneurs. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00186
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
187 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 250. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON THREATS TO UNITED 
STATES NATIONAL SECURITY FROM DEVEL-
OPMENT OF HYPERSONIC WEAPONS BY FOR-
EIGN NATIONS. 
(a) INDEPENDENT STUDY.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with a feder-
ally funded research and development center under which 
the center will conduct a study on the development of 
hypersonic weapons capabilities by foreign nations and the 
threat posed by such capabilities to United States terri-
tory, forces and overseas bases, and allies. 
(b) ELEMENTS
OF STUDY.—The study required 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) describe the hypersonic weapons capabilities 
in development in the People’s Republic of China, 
the Russian Federation, and other nations; 
(2) assess the proliferation risk that nations 
that develop hypersonic weapons capabilities might 
transfer this technology to other nations; 
(3) attempt to describe the rationale for why 
each nation that is developing hypersonic weapons 
capabilities is undertaking such development; and 
(4) examine the unique threats created to 
United States national security by hypersonic weap-
ons due to both their maneuverability and speed, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00187
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
188 
HR 2500 PCS
distinguishing between hypersonic glide vehicles de-
livered by rocket boosters (known as boost-glide sys-
tems) and hypersonic cruise missiles, and further 
distinguishing between longer-range systems that 
can reach United States territory and shorter or me-
dium range systems that might be used in a regional 
conflict. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 
Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the federally funded research and development 
center that conducts the study under subsection (a) shall 
submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the results 
of the study in both classified and unclassified form. 
(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense re-
ceives the report under subsection (c), the Secretary shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees an 
unaltered copy of the report in both classified and unclas-
sified form, and any comments of the Secretary with re-
spect to the report. 
SEC. 251. REPORT ON INNOVATION INVESTMENTS AND 
MANAGEMENT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December 
31, 2019, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 
and Engineering shall submit to the congressional defense 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00188
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
189 
HR 2500 PCS
committees a report on the efforts of the Department of 
Defense to improve innovation investments and manage-
ment. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include an explanation of each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) How incremental and disruptive innovation 
investments for each military department are de-
fined. 
(2) How such investments are assessed. 
(3) Whether the Under Secretary has defined a 
science and technology management framework 
that— 
(A) emphasizes greater use of existing 
flexible approaches to more quickly initiate and 
discontinue projects to respond to the rapid 
pace of innovation; 
(B) incorporates acquisition stakeholders 
into technology development programs to ensure 
that they are relevant to customers; and 
(C) promotes advanced prototyping of dis-
ruptive technologies within the labs so that the 
science and technology community can prove 
that these technologies work to generate de-
mand from future acquisition programs. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00189
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
190 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 252. REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT SUMMA-
RIZING THE OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVAL-
UATION ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
Section 139(h)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘, through January 31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 253. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR ARMY UNIVERSITY 
RESEARCH INITIATIVES. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4201 for Army basic 
research, University Research Initiatives, Line 003 (PE 
0601103A ) is hereby increased by $5,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 201 for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4201 for research, de-
velopment, test, and evaluation, Army, system develop-
ment and demonstration, integrated personnel and pay 
system-Army (IPPS-A), Line 143 (PE 0605018A), is 
hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00190
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
191 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 254. FUNDING FOR ANTI-TAMPER HETEROGENOUS IN-
TEGRATED MICROELECTRONICS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4201, for research, de-
velopment, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, advanced 
technology development, defense-wide manufacturing 
science 
and 
technology 
program, 
line 
047 
(PE 
0603680D8Z) is hereby increased by $5,000,000 (with the 
amount of such increase to be made available for anti- 
tamper heterogeneous integrated microelectronics). 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 101 for procurement, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 
4101, for other procurement, Army, elect equip-automa-
tion, general fund enterprise business systems fam, line 
114 is hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 255. BRIEFING ON USE OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY 
FOR DEFENSE PURPOSES. 
(a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall 
provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00191
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
192 
HR 2500 PCS
on the potential use of distributed ledger technology for 
defense purposes. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An explanation of how distributed ledger 
technology may be used by the Department of De-
fense to— 
(A) improve cybersecurity, beginning at the 
hardware level, of vulnerable assets such as en-
ergy, water and transport grids, through dis-
tributed versus centralized computing; 
(B) reduce single points of failure in emer-
gency and catastrophe decision-making by sub-
jecting the decision to consensus validation 
through distributed ledger technologies; 
(C) improve the efficiency of defense logis-
tics and supply chain operations; 
(D) enhance the transparency of procure-
ment auditing; and 
(E) allow innovations to be adapted by the 
private sector for ancillary uses. 
(2) Such other information as the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Research and Engineering de-
termines to be appropriate. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00192
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
193 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 256. EFFORTS TO COUNTER MANIPULATED MEDIA 
CONTENT. 
(a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees a briefing on initiatives of the 
Department of Defense to identify and address, as 
appropriate and as authorized in support of Depart-
ment of Defense operations, manipulated media con-
tent, specifically ‘‘deepfakes’’. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required by 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Status of efforts to develop technology 
to identify manipulated content impacting the 
national security of the United States. 
(B) Challenges to detecting, labeling, and 
preventing foreign actors’ manipulation of im-
ages and video impacting national security. 
(C) Plans to make deepfake detection tech-
nology available to the public and other Federal 
agencies for use in identifying manipulated 
media. 
(D) The efforts of the Department of De-
fense, as appropriate, to engage academia and 
industry stakeholders to combat deliberately 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00193
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
195 
HR 2500 PCS
Air Force, operational systems development, AF in-
tegrated personnel and pay system (AF-IPPS), line 
158 
(PE 
0605018F) 
is 
hereby 
reduced 
by 
$5,000,000. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to authorize an activity that will 
impact the privacy or civil liberties of United States per-
sons. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are here by authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2020 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section 
4301. 
SEC. 302. FUNDING FOR ARMY COMMUNITY SERVICES. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation 
and maintenance for Army base operations support, line 
100, as specified in the corresponding funding table in sec-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00195
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
196 
HR 2500 PCS
tion 4301, for Army Community Services is hereby in-
creased by $30,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
tenance, for Army Force Readiness Operations Support, 
line 070, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4301, is hereby reduced by $15,000,000. 
(c) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and main-
tenance, for Army Land Forces Operations Support, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 
4301, line 050, is hereby reduced by $15,000,000. 
SEC. 303. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR CIVIL MILITARY PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated for operation and mainte-
nance, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in section 4301, for Civil Military Programs 
is hereby increased by $50,000,000 (to be used in support 
of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program). 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00196
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
197 
HR 2500 PCS
to be appropriated for operation and maintenance, De-
fense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4301, for Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
wide is hereby reduced by $50,000,000. 
Subtitle B—Energy and 
Environment 
SEC. 311. TIMELINE FOR CLEARINGHOUSE REVIEW OF AP-
PLICATIONS FOR ENERGY PROJECTS THAT 
MAY HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON MILI-
TARY OPERATIONS AND READINESS. 
Section 183a(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 
days’’. 
SEC. 312. AUTHORITY TO MAKE FINAL FINDING ON DES-
IGNATION OF GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF CON-
CERN FOR PURPOSES OF ENERGY PROJECTS 
WITH ADVERSE IMPACTS ON MILITARY OPER-
ATIONS AND READINESS. 
Section 183a(d)(2)(E) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or a Principal’’ and inserting 
‘‘a’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense, or a Deputy Assistant Secretary of De-
fense’’ after ‘‘Deputy Under Secretary of Defense’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00197
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
198 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 313. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS OF 
FUNDS 
FROM 
APPLICANTS 
FOR 
ENERGY 
PROJECTS FOR MITIGATION OF IMPACTS ON 
MILITARY OPERATIONS AND READINESS. 
Section 183a(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘for a project filed with the Secretary 
of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 of title 49’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for an energy project’’. 
SEC. 314. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IMPROVEMENT OF 
PREVIOUSLY CONVEYED UTILITY SYSTEMS 
SERVING MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
Section 2688 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (k) as sub-
section (l); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the fol-
lowing new subsection (k): 
‘‘(k) IMPROVEMENT
OF CONVEYED UTILITY SYS-
TEMS.—In the case of a utility system that is conveyed 
under this section and that only provides utility services 
to a military installation, the Secretary concerned may use 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for military con-
struction to improve the reliability, resilience, efficiency, 
physical security, or cybersecurity of the utility system.’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00198
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
199 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 315. FIVE-YEAR AUTHORITY FOR NATIONAL GUARD 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECTS 
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2707 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR NATIONAL GUARD 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this sec-
tion and section 2701(c)(1) of this title, during the five- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, the Secretary concerned may carry out an en-
vironmental restoration project if the Secretary deter-
mines that the project is necessary to carry out a response 
to perfluorooctanoic acid or perfluorooctane sulfonate con-
tamination under this chapter or CERCLA.’’. 
(b) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section, or 
the amendment made by this section, shall affect any re-
quirement or authority under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.). 
SEC. 316. SALE OF ELECTRICITY FROM ALTERNATE EN-
ERGY AND COGENERATION PRODUCTION FA-
CILITIES. 
Section 2916(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00199
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
200 
HR 2500 PCS
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall be available’’ and all 
that follows and inserting ‘‘shall be provided di-
rectly to the commander of the military installa-
tion in which the geothermal energy resource is 
located to be used for—’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
clauses: 
‘‘(i) military construction projects de-
scribed in paragraph (2) that benefit the mili-
tary installation where the geothermal energy 
resource is located; or 
‘‘(ii) energy or water security projects 
that— 
‘‘(I) benefit the military installation 
where the geothermal energy resource is lo-
cated; 
‘‘(II) the commander of the military 
installation determines are necessary; and 
‘‘(III) are directly coordinated with 
local area energy or groundwater governing 
authorities.’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00200
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
201 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 317. TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR FUNDING OF STUDY 
AND ASSESSMENT ON HEALTH IMPLICATIONS 
OF 
PER- 
AND 
POLYFLUOROALKYL 
SUB-
STANCES 
CONTAMINATION 
IN 
DRINKING 
WATER BY AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES 
AND DISEASE REGISTRY. 
Section 316(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115– 
91; 131 Stat. 1350), as amended by section 315(a) of the 
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), is amended by 
striking ‘‘2019 and 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2019, 2020, and 
2021’’. 
SEC. 318. REPLACEMENT OF FLUORINATED AQUEOUS 
FILM-FORMING FOAM WITH FLUORINE-FREE 
FIRE-FIGHTING AGENT. 
(a) USE OF FLUORINE-FREE FOAM AT MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS.—Not later than January 31, 2023, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall publish a military specification 
for a fluorine-free fire-fighting agent for use at all military 
installations to ensure such agent is available for use by 
not later than December 31, 2024. 
(b) PROHIBITION
ON USE.—Fluorinated aqueous 
film-forming foam may not be used at any military instal-
lation on or after September 30, 2025, or before such 
date, if possible. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00201
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
202 
HR 2500 PCS
(c) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary of Defense may grant a waiver to the 
prohibition under subsection (b) with respect to the 
use of fluorinated aqueous film-forming foam at a 
specific military installation if the Secretary submits 
to the congressional defense committees, by not later 
than 30 days prior to issuing the waiver— 
(A) notice of the waiver; and 
(B) certification, in writing, that the waiv-
er is necessary for the protection of life and 
safety. 
(2) BASIS FOR WAIVER.—Any certification sub-
mitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall document the 
basis for the waiver and, at a minimum, shall in-
clude the following: 
(A) A detailed description of the threat 
justifying the waiver and a description of the 
imminence, urgency, and severity of such 
threat. 
(B) An analysis of potential populations 
impacted by continued use of fluorinated aque-
ous film forming foam and why the waiver out-
weighs the impact to such populations. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00202
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
203 
HR 2500 PCS
(C) An analysis of potential economic ef-
fects, including with respect to agriculture, live-
stock, and water systems of continued use of 
fluorinated aqueous film forming foam and why 
the waiver outweighs such effects. 
(3) LIMITATION.—A waiver under this sub-
section shall apply for a period that does not exceed 
one year. The Secretary may extend any such waiver 
once for an additional period that does not exceed 
one year. 
SEC. 319. PROHIBITION OF UNCONTROLLED RELEASE OF 
FLUORINATED 
AQUEOUS 
FILM-FORMING 
FOAM AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided by subsection 
(b), the Secretary of Defense shall prohibit the uncon-
trolled release of fluorinated aqueous film-forming foam 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as ‘‘AFFF’’) at 
military installations. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
fluorinated AFFF may be released at military installa-
tions as follows: 
(1) AFFF may be released for purposes of an 
emergency response. 
(2) A non-emergency release of AFFF may be 
made for the purposes of testing of equipment or 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00203
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
204 
HR 2500 PCS
training of personnel, if complete containment, cap-
ture, and proper disposal mechanisms are in place to 
ensure no AFFF is released into the environment. 
SEC. 320. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FLUORINATED AQUE-
OUS FILM FORMING FOAM FOR TRAINING EX-
ERCISES. 
The Secretary of Defense shall prohibit the use of 
fluorinated aqueous film forming foam for training exer-
cises at military installations. 
SEC. 321. REAL-TIME NOISE-MONITORING STUDY AT NAVY 
AND AIR FORCE INSTALLATIONS WHERE TAC-
TICAL FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OPERATE. 
(a) REAL-TIME MONITORING.—The Secretary of the 
Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force shall each con-
duct a real-time noise-monitoring study at no fewer than 
three Navy installations and three Air Force installations. 
In conducting such study, the Secretaries shall— 
(1) select installations where tactical fighter air-
craft operate and noise contours have been developed 
through noise modeling to validate the noise con-
tours developed through analysis and modeling at 
those installations; and 
(2) ensure that such monitoring is conducted 
during times of high, medium, and low activity. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00204
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
205 
HR 2500 PCS
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December 
1, 2020, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall jointly submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives a report on the real-time noise monitoring required 
under subsection (a). Such report shall include— 
(1) the results of such monitoring; 
(2) a comparison of such monitoring and the 
noise contours previously developed with the analysis 
and modeling methods previously used; 
(3) an overview of any changes to the analysis 
and modeling process that have been made or are 
being considered as a result of the findings of such 
monitoring; and 
(4) any other matters that the Secretaries de-
termine appropriate. 
SEC. 322. DEVELOPMENT OF CLIMATE VULNERABILITY 
AND RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall develop a climate vulnerability and risk assessment 
tool to assist the military departments in measuring how 
the risks associated with climate change impact networks, 
systems, installations, facilities, and other assets, as well 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00205
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
206 
HR 2500 PCS
as the operational plans and capabilities of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In developing the tool under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the Admin-
istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Sec-
retary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Admin-
istrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, the Commander of the Army Corps 
of Engineers, the Administrator of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, a federally funded re-
search and development center, and the heads of such 
other relevant Federal agencies as the Secretary of De-
fense determines appropriate. 
(c) PREVAILING SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS.—Before 
completing development of the tool under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall obtain from a federally funded research 
and development center with which the Secretary has con-
sulted under subsection (b) a certification in writing that 
the tool contains a methodology that adequately incor-
porates the prevailing scientific consensus on climate 
change. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00206
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
207 
HR 2500 PCS
retary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report describing the tool developed under 
subsection (a). 
(2) CLASSIFIED
ANNEX.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may contain a classified annex if necessary. 
(3) PUBLICATION.—Upon submittal of the re-
port under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pub-
lish the unclassified portion of the report on an 
internet website of the Department that is available 
to the public. 
(e) UPDATES TO TOOL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After submittal of the report 
under subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense shall 
update the climate vulnerability and risk assessment 
tool developed under subsection (a) on an annual 
basis, in consultation with the individuals and enti-
ties described in subsection (b) and consistent with 
the prevailing scientific consensus as required under 
subsection (c). 
(2) REPORT
AND
PUBLICATION.—Upon com-
pleting an update to the tool under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall— 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00207
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
208 
HR 2500 PCS
(A) submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report describing such update; 
and 
(B) publish the unclassified version of such 
report on an internet website of the Depart-
ment that is available to the public. 
SEC. 323. PROVISION OF UNCONTAMINATED WATER FOR 
AGRICULTURAL USE ON LAND CONTAMI-
NATED BY PFOS AND PFOA USED ON MILI-
TARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (in this section 
referred to as ‘‘PFOS’’) and perfluorooctanoic acid 
(in this section referred to as ‘‘PFOA’’) are part of 
a class of man-made chemicals that have been used 
in a variety of industrial and consumer products to 
make the products resist heat, stains, water, and 
grease. Because PFOS and PFOA extinguish petro-
leum fires quickly, the Department of Defense and 
commercial airports began using aqueous film form-
ing foam containing PFOS and PFOA in the 1970s. 
(2) PFOS and PFOA can accumulate and stay 
in the body for long periods of time. Exposure to 
PFOS and PFOA may cause health problems, in-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00208
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
209 
HR 2500 PCS
cluding issues with the reproductive system, liver 
and kidney damage, developmental issues in chil-
dren, and negatively impacted immune system, and 
cancer. 
(3) A common method of human exposure to 
PFOS and PFOA is by consuming contaminated 
drinking water. 
(4) The Environmental Protection Agency 
issued lifetime health advisories under the Safe 
Drinking Water Act for individual or combined 
PFOS and PFOA concentrations at 70 parts per 
trillion in 2016, but has not yet issued any guidance 
or regulation for groundwater or agricultural water. 
(5) The Department of Defense has provided 
mitigations in many communities where drinking 
water has tested at or above the lifetime health advi-
sory level, including bottled water and drinking 
water filtration systems. Due to the lack of regu-
latory guidance, these mitigations have not been 
mirrored in agricultural water systems. 
(6) As a result, farmers located adjacent to 
military installations with PFOS and PFOA con-
tamination that has migrated off-installation are po-
tentially impacted, and in at least one case, such 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00209
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
210 
HR 2500 PCS
contamination has had a serious impact on the liveli-
hood of a dairy farmer. 
(b) AUTHORITY
TO
PROVIDE
UNCONTAMINATED 
WATER FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If an area has been identi-
fied under paragraph (2), and a military installation 
has been determined to be the source of that con-
tamination, the Secretary of Defense or the Sec-
retary concerned may provide, for the purpose of 
producing agricultural products destined for human 
consumption— 
(A) water sources uncontaminated with 
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, 
including PFOA and PFOS, or 
(B) treatment of contaminated waters. 
(2) IDENTIFICATION OF AREAS.—An area iden-
tified under this paragraph is an area for which the 
level of PFOA or PFOS contamination— 
(A) is above the lifetime health advisory 
for contamination for such compounds as issued 
by the Environmental Protection Agency and 
printed in the Federal Register on May 25, 
2016; 
(B) is at or above a regulatory standard 
set by the Food and Drug Administration for 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00210
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
211 
HR 2500 PCS
PFOA and PFOS in raw agricultural commod-
ities and milk; or 
(C) is at or above a duly promulgated, 
non-discriminatory standard promulgated by a 
State regulatory entity for PFOA and PFOS in 
raw agricultural commodities and milk. 
(3) SOURCE
OF
FUNDS.—Amounts used to 
carry out this section shall be derived— 
(A) in the case of amounts made available 
by the Secretary concerned, from amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated for Operation and 
Maintenance for the military department con-
cerned; or 
(B) in the case of amounts made available 
by the Secretary of Defense, from amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated for Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-wide. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING LAND ACQUI-
SITION.—It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary 
concerned should explore authorities under which the Sec-
retary could acquire land the land adjacent to military in-
stallations where the owners of the land have experienced 
impacts to their livelihood due to PFOS and PFOA con-
tamination that has been verified to have been caused by 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00211
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
212 
HR 2500 PCS
that installation, including the authorities under sections 
2663, 2864a, and 2869 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 324. REMOVAL OF BARRIERS THAT DISCOURAGE IN-
VESTMENTS TO INCREASE RESILIENCY TO 
CLIMATE CHANGE. 
The Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) identify and seek to remove barriers that 
discourage investments to increase resiliency to cli-
mate change; 
(2) reform policies and programs that uninten-
tionally increased the vulnerability of systems to re-
lated climate change risks; and 
(3) develop, and update at least once every four 
years, an adaptation plan that assessed how climate 
impacts affected the ability of the department or 
agency to accomplish its mission, and the short-and 
long- term actions the department or agency can 
take to manage climate risks. 
SEC. 325. OFFSHORE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
not issue an offshore wind assessment that proposes wind 
exclusion areas and may not object to an offshore energy 
project filed for review by the Military Aviation and Instal-
lation Assurance Clearinghouse (in this section referred 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00212
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
213 
HR 2500 PCS
to as the ‘‘Clearinghouse’’) until 180 days after submitting 
the report required under (b). 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, 
in coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments, shall submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees on the process that will be used to by the 
Clearinghouse to review proposed offshore lease blocks and 
proposed offshore energy projects. At minimum, the report 
should include the following elements: 
(1) The process and metrics used in evaluating 
proposed offshore lease blocks or specific offshore 
energy projects for compatibility with, or unaccept-
able risk to, military operations and readiness. 
(2) The process for coordinating with the De-
partment of Interior on assessing proposed offshore 
lease blocks and military operations and readiness 
activities that occur in those proposed lease blocks. 
(3) The process for working with the proponent 
of a proposed energy development to identify and 
evaluate possible mitigations to enable energy devel-
opments that are compatible with military operations 
and readiness. 
(4) Any legislative changes to section 183a of 
title 10, United States Code, to enable the Clearing-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00213
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
214 
HR 2500 PCS
house to perform its new role in reviewing proposed 
offshore lease blocks and offshore energy projects. 
SEC. 326. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM SALE OF RECYCLABLE 
MATERIALS. 
Section 2577(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$2,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
SEC. 327. DISPOSAL OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. 
Section 2577(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) In this section, the term ‘recyclable materials’ 
includes any quality recyclable material provided to the 
Department by a State or local government entity.’’. 
SEC. 328. CLIMATE-CONSCIOUS BUDGETING OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall in-
clude in the annual budget submission of the President 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code— 
(1) a dedicated budget line item for adaptation 
to, and mitigation of, climate-related risks to mili-
tary networks, systems, installations, facilities, and 
other assets and capabilities of the Department of 
Defense; and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00214
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
215 
HR 2500 PCS
(2) an estimate of the anticipated adverse im-
pacts to the readiness of the Department and the fi-
nancial costs to the Department during the year cov-
ered by the budget of the loss of, or damage to, mili-
tary networks, systems, installations, facilities, and 
other assets and capabilities of the Department, in-
cluding loss of or obstructed access to training 
ranges, as a result of climate change. 
(b) DISAGGREGATION OF IMPACTS AND COSTS.—The 
estimate under subsection (a)(2) shall set forth the ad-
verse readiness impacts and financial costs under that 
subsection by military department, Defense Agency, and 
other component or element of the Department. 
SEC. 329. FUNDING FOR DETONATION CHAMBERS IN 
VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 4301 for environ-
mental restoration, Navy, line 060, as specified in the cor-
responding funding table in section 4301, for the pur-
chase, deployment, and operation of a closed detonation 
chambers of the dimensions necessary to achieve a sub-
stantial reduction in open air burning and open air deto-
nation that will bring the practice of open air burning and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00215
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
216 
HR 2500 PCS
open air detonation to the lowest practicable level, is here-
by increased by $10,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 4301 for Operations and 
Maintenance, as specified in the corresponding funding 
table in section 4301, line 460, Office of the Secretary 
of Defense for Admin & SRVWIDE Activities is hereby 
reduced by $10,000,000. 
SEC. 330. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON ENVIRON-
MENTAL 
CLEANUP 
OF 
VIEQUES 
AND 
CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense should explore all 
avenues and alternatives to expedite the ongoing 
cleanup and environmental restoration process in the 
former military training sites located on the island- 
municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico; 
(2) the Department of Defense should work 
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the 
Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Government of 
Puerto Rico to ensure the decontamination process 
is conducted in a manner that causes the least pos-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00216
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
217 
HR 2500 PCS
sible intrusion on the lives of island residents and 
minimizes public health risks; and 
(3) the Federal Government should collaborate 
with local and private stakeholders to effectively ad-
dress economic challenges and opportunities in 
Vieques, Culebra, and the adjacent communities of 
the former United States Naval Station Roosevelt 
Roads. 
(b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall complete a study and submit 
a report to the congressional defense committees on the 
status of the Federal cleanup and decontamination process 
in the island-municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, Puer-
to Rico. The study shall include a comprehensive analysis 
of the following: 
(1) The pace of ongoing cleanup and environ-
mental restoration efforts in the former military 
training sites in Vieques and Culebra. 
(2) Potential challenges and alternatives to ac-
celerate the completion of such efforts, including 
their associated costs and any impact they might 
have on the public health and safety of island resi-
dents. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00217
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
218 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 330A. PFAS DESIGNATION, EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, 
AND PRETREATMENT STANDARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall revise the list of 
toxic pollutants described in paragraph (1) of section 
307(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1317(a)) to add per- and polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances to such list, and publish such revised list, without 
taking into account the factors listed in such paragraph. 
(b) EFFLUENT STANDARDS.—As soon as practicable 
after the date on which the revised list is published under 
subsection (a), but not later than January 1, 2022, the 
Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register efflu-
ent standards under section 307(a)(2) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1317(a)(2)) for 
substances added to the list of toxic pollutants pursuant 
to subsection (a) of this section, in accordance with sec-
tions 301(b)(2)(A) and 304(b)(2) of such Act. 
(c) PRETREATMENT STANDARDS.—Not later than 
January 1, 2022, the Administrator shall promulgate 
pretreatment standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances under section 307(b) of the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1317(b)). 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00218
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
219 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 
330B. 
PROHIBITION 
ON 
PERFLUOROALKYL 
SUB-
STANCES 
AND 
POLYFLUOROALKYL 
SUB-
STANCES IN MEALS READY-TO-EAT FOOD 
PACKAGING. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Not later than October 1, 2020, 
the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall ensure 
that any food contact substances that are used to assemble 
and package meals ready-to-eat (MREs) procured by the 
Defense 
Logistics 
Agency 
do 
not 
contain 
any 
perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE.—The term 
‘‘perfluoroalkyl substance’’ means a man-made 
chemical of which all of the carbon atoms are fully 
fluorinated carbon atoms. 
(2) 
POLYFLUOROALKYL
SUBSTANCE.—The 
term ‘‘polyfluoroalkyl substance’’ means a man-made 
chemical containing a mix of fully fluorinated carbon 
atoms, partially fluorinated carbon atoms, and 
nonfluorinated carbon atoms. 
SEC. 330C. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON PFAS CON-
TAMINATION. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a review of the efforts of 
the Department of Defense to clean up per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances (in this section referred to as 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00219
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
220 
HR 2500 PCS
‘‘PFAS’’) contamination in and around military bases as 
well as the Department’s efforts to mitigate the public 
health impact of the contamination. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required by subsection 
(a), shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of— 
(A) when the Department of Defense dis-
covered that drinking water sources used by 
members of the Armed Forces and residents of 
communities surrounding military bases were 
contaminated with PFAS; 
(B) after learning that the drinking water 
was contaminated, when the Department of De-
fense notified members of the Armed Forces 
and residents of communities surrounding mili-
tary bases that their drinking water is contami-
nated with PFAS; 
(C) after providing such notification, how 
much time lapsed before those affected were 
given alternative sources of drinking water; 
(D) the number of installations and sur-
rounding communities currently drinking water 
that is contaminated with PFAS above the 
EPA’s advisory limit; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00220
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
221 
HR 2500 PCS
(E) the amount of money the Department 
of Defense has spent on cleaning up PFAS con-
tamination through the date of enactment of 
this Act; 
(F) the number of sites where the Depart-
ment of Defense has taken action to remediate 
PFAS contamination or other materials as a re-
sult of the use of firefighting foam on military 
bases; 
(G) factors that might limit or prevent the 
Department of Defense from remediating 
PFAS contamination or other materials as a re-
sult of the use of firefighting foam on military 
bases; 
(H) the estimated total cost of clean-up of 
PFAS; 
(I) the cost to the Department of Defense 
to discontinue the use of PFAS in firefighting 
foam and to develop and procure viable replace-
ments that meet military specifications; and 
(J) the number of members of the Armed 
Forces who have been exposed to PFAS in their 
drinking water above the EPA’s Health Advi-
sory levels during their military service. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00221
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
222 
HR 2500 PCS
(2) An evaluation of what the Department of 
Defense could have done better to mitigate the re-
lease of PFAS contamination into the environment 
and expose service members. 
(3) Any other elements the Comptroller General 
may deem necessary. 
(c) RESULTS.— 
(1) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General shall provide to the congres-
sional defense committees, the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on the Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate a briefing on the preliminary 
findings of the study required by this section. 
(2) FINAL RESULTS.—The Comptroller General 
shall provide the final results of the study required 
by this section to the congressional defense commit-
tees, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
the Environment and Public Works of the Senate at 
such time and in such format as is mutually agreed 
upon by the committees and the Comptroller Gen-
eral at the time of briefing under paragraph (1). 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00222
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
223 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 330D. DISPOSAL OF MATERIALS CONTAINING PER- 
AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES OR 
AQUEOUS FILM-FORMING FOAM. 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that when ma-
terials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘PFAS’’) or aqueous film form-
ing foam are disposed— 
(1) all incineration is conducted in a manner 
that eliminates PFAS while also ensuring that no 
PFAS is emitted into the air; 
(2) all incineration is conducted in accordance 
with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (42 USC 
7401 et seq.), including controlling hydrogen fluo-
ride; 
(3) any materials containing PFAS that are 
designated for disposal are stored in accordance with 
the requirement under part 264 of title 40, Code of 
Federal Regulations; and 
(4) no incineration is conducted at any facility 
that violated the requirements of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) during the 12-month pe-
riod preceding the date of disposal. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00223
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
224 
HR 2500 PCS
SEC. 330E. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PERFLUOROALKYL 
SUBSTANCES AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUB-
STANCES FOR LAND-BASED APPLICATIONS 
OF FIREFIGHTING FOAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—After October 1, 2022, no amount 
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available 
for the Department of Defense may be obligated or ex-
pended to procure firefighting foam that contains in excess 
of one part per billion of perfluoroalkyl substances and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF EXISTING STOCKS.— 
Not later than October 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense 
shall cease the use of firefighting foam containing in ex-
cess of one part per billion of perfluoroalkyl substances 
and polyfluoroalkyl substances; 
(c) EXEMPTION FOR SHIPBOARD USE.—Subsections 
(a) and (b) shall not apply to firefighting foam for use 
solely onboard ocean-going vessels. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘perfluoroalkyl substances’’ 
means aliphatic substances for which all of the H 
atoms attached to C atoms in the nonfluorinated 
substance from which they are notionally derived 
have been replaced by F atoms, except those H 
atoms whose substitution would modify the nature of 
any functional groups present. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00224
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500
225 
HR 2500 PCS
(2) The term ‘‘polyfluoroalkyl substances’’ 
means aliphatic substances for which all H atoms 
attached to at least one (but not all) C atoms have 
been replaced by F atoms, in such a manner that 
they contain the perfluoroalkyl moiety CnF2n∂1l 
(for example, C8F17CH2CH2OH). 
SEC. 330F. AGREEMENTS TO SHARE MONITORING DATA RE-
LATING 
TO 
PERFLUOROALKYL 
AND 
POLYFLUOROALKYL 
SUBSTANCES 
AND 
OTHER CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
seek to enter into agreements with municipalities or mu-
nicipal drinking water utilities located adjacent to military 
installations under which both the Secretary and the mu-
nicipalities and utilities would share monitoring data relat-
ing to perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stances, and other emerging contaminants of concern col-
lected at the military installation. 
(b) PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.—An agreement under 
subsection (a) does not negate the responsibility of the 
Secretary to communicate with the public about drinking 
water contamination from perfluoroalkyl substances, 
polyfluoroalkyl substances, and other contaminants. 
(c) MILITARY INSTALLATION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘military installation’’ has the meaning 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:18 Aug 11, 2020
Jkt 099200
PO 00000
Frm 00225
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2500.PCS
H2500