[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4340. Mr. CASEY 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. ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING AND REMEDIATION AT MILITARY 
                   INSTALLATIONS WHERE AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM 
                   HAS BEEN USED.

       (a) Identification of Potentially Contaminated Sites.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall direct the service secretaries to 
     identify and make publicly available a list of military 
     installations located in the United States where the fire 
     extinguishing agent Aqueous Film Forming Foam was or could 
     have been discharged.
       (b) Testing.--The Secretary of Defense shall make available 
     to local water authorities and residents located at or near 
     the military installations identified pursuant to subsection 
     (a) testing of drinking water for the presence of 
     perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic 
     acid (PFOA) above the current Lifetime Health Advisory (LHA) 
     limits.
       (c) Actions Required at Locations With Contamination Found 
     Above LHA Limits.--If testing under subsection (b) identifies 
     PFOS and PFOA contamination above LHA limits at or around a 
     military installation identified under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary of Defense shall--
       (1) notify local residents within 15 days of the test 
     results;
       (2) provide affected individuals with an alternative, 
     uncontaminated drinking water source within 15 days of such 
     results that shall remain available until a remediation plan 
     is fully implemented;
       (3) develop and begin implementation of a remediation plan 
     within 45 days of the results, unless such a plan is not 
     technically feasible or is cost-prohibitive, in which case 
     the Secretary may develop and implement a plan to provide a 
     permanent alternative water supply to affected residents; and
       (4) provide public status reports on the progress of 
     implementation of the remediation plan every 45 days until 
     remediation is complete.
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