[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 999. 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:

       After subsection (a) of section 343, insert the following:
       (b) Exposure Assessment.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
     Registry and in consultation with the Department of Defense, 
     shall conduct an exposure assessment of no less than 8 
     current or former domestic military installations known to 
     have per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination 
     in drinking water, ground water, and any other sources of 
     water and relevant exposure vectors.
       (2) Contents.--The exposure assessment required under this 
     subsection shall--
       (A) include--
       (i) for each military installation covered under the 
     exposure assessment, a statistical sample to be determined by 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation 
     with the relevant State health departments; and
       (ii) bio-monitoring for assessing the contamination 
     described in paragraph (1); and
       (B) produce findings, which shall be--
       (i) used to help design the study described in subsection 
     (a)(1); and
       (ii) released to the appropriate congressional committees 
     not later than 1 year after the conclusion of such exposure 
     assessment.
       (3) Timing.--The exposure assessment required under this 
     subsection shall--
       (A) begin not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (B) conclude not later than 2 years after such date of 
     enactment.
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