[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4561]
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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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