[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3230-S3231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2302. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 316. FUNDING FOR STUDYING THE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF 
                   PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES 
                   CONTAMINATION IN DRINKING WATER AND PROVIDING 
                   BOTTLED WATER TO AFFECTED COMMUNITIES.

       (a) Study on Health Implications of Per- and 
     Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Contamination in Drinking Water.--
       (1) Inclusion of additional sites in study.--Section 
     316(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) is amended by striking 
     ``exposure assessment of not less than 8 current or former 
     domestic military installations'' and inserting ``exposure 
     assessment of not less than 16 current or former domestic 
     military installations, including 8 National Guard 
     installations with airports,''.
       (2) Additional funding.--There is authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of 
     Defense $10,000,000 to carry out activities under section 316 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2018 (Public Law 115-91).
       (b) Funding for Provision of Bottled Water to Affected 
     Communities.--
       (1) In general.--The amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     by this Act for the accounts listed in paragraph (2) are 
     hereby increased by such sums as may be necessary to provide 
     bottled water and other clean drinking water services the 
     Secretary of Defense determines necessary for communities 
     found to be impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
     contamination resulting from the use of those chemicals by 
     the Department of Defense.
       (2) Accounts.--The accounts referred to in paragraph (1) 
     are as follows:
       (A) Environmental Restoration, Army.
       (B) Environmental Restoration, Navy.
       (C) Environmental Restoration, Air Force.
       (D) Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide.
       (E) Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites.
       (F) Department of Defense Base Closure Account.
       (c) Health Registry.--
       (1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense, shall establish a health registry to 
     identify and monitor the health effects on members of the 
     Armed Forces and the general public who may have been exposed 
     to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances resulting from 
     releases at military installations.
       (2) Public information campaign.--The Director of the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Defense, should develop a public 
     information campaign to inform members of the Armed Forces 
     and the general public of potential exposure to per- and 
     polyfluoroalkyl substances resulting from releases at 
     military installations.
       (3) Annual report.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
     in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee 
     on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report 
     on the findings of the health registry.
       (4) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated for 
     the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2019 $15,000,000 to 
     establish and implement the health registry under this 
     subsection.

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