[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4318. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 306. AIR FORCE REPORT ON PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID (PFOA) 
                   AND PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES (PFOS) 
                   CONTAMINATION AT CERTAIN MILITARY 
                   INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) Finding.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) An increasing number of communities across New York 
     have reportedly identified the presence of perfluorooctanoic 
     acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonates (PFOS), which can 
     contaminate water and cause adverse health effects.
       (2) According to reports, levels of PFOA and PFOS have been 
     detected in the public and private water supplies in the 
     cities of Newburgh and Plattsburgh and the towns of Hoosick 
     Falls and Petersburgh, New York. Public and private wells in 
     these communities are being tested by the New York Department 
     of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York 
     Department of Health (DOH) .
       (3) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has 
     identified PFOA as an ``emerging contaminant,'' and in 2009, 
     the EPA issued an updated provisional health advisory for 
     drinking water of 70 parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than September 1, 2016, the 
     Secretary of the Air Force, in collaboration with the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
     submit to Congress a report on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) 
     and perfluorooctane sulfonates (PFOS) contamination at 
     Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, Plattsburgh, 
     Hoosick Falls, and Petersburgh, New York.
       (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (A) An update on the cleanups underway at Stewart Air 
     National Guard Base, Newburgh, Plattsburgh, Hoosick Falls, 
     and Petersburgh.
       (B) An update on the Air Force's efforts to identify and 
     notify everyone affected or impacted by the contamination.
       (C) An assessment of the Air Force's role, if any, in the 
     new contaminations.
       (D) A summary of the Air Force's support, where 
     appropriate, for the EPA with respect to the latest 
     contaminations.
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