Title: 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.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of Defense to submit a report outlining its plan to provide alternative water sources to affected communities surrounding military installations with levels of perfluoroalkyl substances that have been determined to be above the lifetime health advisory for contamination (as issued by the Environmental Protection Agency on June 21, 2022).

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8901 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2022

 Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROVISION OF WATER 
              ALTERNATIVES TO COMMUNITIES 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 Representatives and the Senate a report containing an 
outline of the plan of the Department of Defense to provide (or 
continue providing, as the case may be) alternative water sources to 
affected communities surrounding military installations with levels of 
perfluoroalkyl substances that have been determined to be above the 
lifetime health advisory 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 respect 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 previous 
        tests results of perfluorooctanoic acid or perfluorooctane 
        sulfonic acid at concentrations above 0 but less than 70 parts 
        per trillion, and a description of the timeline and processes 
        by which the Secretary has provided, and continues to provide, 
        alternative water sources to affected communities surrounding 
        such installations.
            (3) A description of any guidance issued by the Secretary 
        to update the processes and procedures of the Department in 
        accordance with the lifetime health advisory issued by the 
        Environmental Protection Agency and printed in the Federal 
        Register on June 21, 2022.
            (4) A description of any plans of the Department for 
        community engagement with respect to affected 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 substances.
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