[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3803. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
Manchin, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Bennet, and Ms. Warren) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695 
proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A, 
     insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by title II of this division under the headings 
     ``Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard'' and 
     ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', not more than a 
     total of $45,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of 
     the Air Force for payments to a local water authority located 
     in the vicinity of an Air Force or Air National Guard base 
     (including a base not Federally-owned) for the treatment of 
     perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid in 
     drinking water from the wells owned and operated by the local 
     water authority or privately owned wells undertaken to attain 
     the Environmental Protection Agency Lifetime Health Advisory 
     level for such acids: Provided, That the applicable Lifetime 
     Health Advisory shall be the one in effect on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the local water 
     authority must have requested such a payment from the Air 
     Force or National Guard Bureau before March 1, 2019, or the 
     Air Force or National Guard Bureau must have become aware of 
     such a treatment plan before that date, for payment under 
     this section to occur: Provided further, That the elevated 
     levels of such acids in the water must have been the result 
     of activities conducted by or paid for by the Department of 
     the Air Force for payment under this section to occur: 
     Provided further, That such funds may be expended without 
     regard to existing contractual provisions in agreements 
     between the Department of the Air Force or the National Guard 
     Bureau, as the case may be, and the State in which the base 
     is located relating to environmental response actions or 
     indemnification: Provided further, That, in order to be 
     eligible for payment under this section, such treatment must 
     have taken place after May 25, 2016, and the local water 
     authority must waive all claims for treatment expenses 
     incurred before such date: Provided further, That any payment 
     under this section may not exceed the actual cost of such 
     treatment resulting from the activities conducted by or paid 
     for by the Department of the Air Force: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary of the Air Force may enter into such 
     agreements with the local water authority as may be necessary 
     to implement this section.
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