[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 177 (Thursday, October 7, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3854. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 2792, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2022 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 title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 332. STANDARDS FOR RESPONSE ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PFAS 
                   CONTAMINATION.

       (a) In General.--In conducting response actions to address 
     PFAS contamination from Department of Defense or National 
     Guard activities, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct such 
     actions to achieve a level of PFAS in the environmental media 
     that meets or exceeds the most stringent of the following 
     standards for PFAS in any environmental media:
       (1) The applicable State standard, in effect in that State, 
     as described in section 121(d)(2)(A)(ii) of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (42 U.S.C. 9621(d)(2)(A)(ii)).
       (2) The applicable Federal standard as described in section 
     121(d)(2)(A)(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
     9621(d)(2)(A)(i)).
       (3) A health advisory under section 1412(b)(1)(F) of the 
     Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)(1)(F)).
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) PFAS.--The term ``PFAS'' means a perfluoroalkyl or 
     polyfluoroalkyl substance with at least one fully fluorinated 
     carbon atom.
       (2) Response action.--The term ``response action'' means an 
     action taken pursuant to section 104 of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604).
       (c) Savings Clause.--Except with respect to the specific 
     level required to be met under subsection (a), nothing in 
     this section affects the application of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).
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