[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4586-S4587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 684. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Casey) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him 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:

       On page 103, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
       (1) not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, begin an exposure assessment of no less than 8 
     current or former military installations known to have per- 
     and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in 
     drinking water, ground water, and any other sources of water 
     and relevant

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     exposure vectors, and such assessment shall--
       (A) include--
       (i) a statistical sample at each installation, to be 
     determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
       (ii) blood testing and bio-monitoring for assessing such 
     contamination;
       (B) conclude no later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (C) produce findings, which shall be--
       (i) used to help design the study described in paragraph 
     (2); and
       (ii) released to the appropriate congressional committees 
     not later than 1 year after the conclusion of such 
     assessment;
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