[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 91 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4634. Mr. CARDIN 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 II, add the following:

     SEC. 306. COMPLIANCE OF MILITARY HOUSING WATER SUPPLIES WITH 
                   FEDERAL AND STATE DRINKING WATER STANDARDS.

       (a) Study.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct 
     a study to determine whether members of the Armed Forces and 
     their families who live in military housing in the United 
     States have access to water that complies with Federal and 
     State drinking water standards and guidance, including health 
     advisory levels.
       (b) Compliance Measures.--If the Secretary finds that water 
     available to members of the Armed Forces and their families 
     who live in military housing does not meet State or Federal 
     drinking water standards and guidance, including health 
     advisory levels, the Secretary shall--
       (1) in the case of military housing serviced by Department 
     of Defense-controlled water supply systems, take immediate 
     steps to bring noncompliant water sources into compliance 
     with State and Federal standards and guidance, including 
     health advisory levels, and in the case of military housing 
     serviced by non-Department of Defense-controlled water supply 
     systems, work with the municipal or private water system to 
     take immediate steps to bring noncompliant water sources into 
     compliance with State and Federal standards and guidance, 
     including health advisory levels; and
       (2) within 30 days of discovering that a water source does 
     not meet State or Federal drinking water standards and 
     guidance, including health advisory levels, provide to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives and the congressional delegation of the 
     affected State written verification describing the 
     noncompliant water sources, including the location of all 
     affected members of the Armed Forces, and an explanation 
     about how the Secretary will bring the water source into 
     compliance with State and Federal standards and guidance, 
     including health advisory levels.
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