[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3755]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 727. Mr. PETERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 in subtitle H of title X, insert
the following:
SEC. 10__. DESIGNATION OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES
AS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
shall designate all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances as hazardous substances under section 102(a) of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9602(a)).
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