[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 598. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2018 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR PERFLUORINATED 
                   COMPOUNDS.

       Section 1412(b)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300g-1(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(D) Perfluorinated compounds.--Not later than 2 years 
     after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, with 
     respect to the perfluorinated compounds perfluorooctanoic 
     acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, the Administrator 
     shall--
       ``(i) publish a maximum contaminant level goal; and
       ``(ii) promulgate a national primary drinking water 
     regulation.''.
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