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.

Bill: 117-hr-8901
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2022-09-19
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>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).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8901 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 regarding the provision of water alternatives to communities affected by PFAS contamination, and for other purposes.

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.