[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7746]
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SA 4252. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, 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 end of subtitle D of title III, add the following:
SEC. 356. APPROPRIATION OF AMOUNTS FOR CLEANUP OF
PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.
(a) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the Secretary
of Defense for operation and maintenance, out of amounts in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $549,000,000, to be
used for testing and response actions relating to
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
(b) Availability.--The amount appropriated under subsection
(a) shall be made available as follows:
(1) For the Department of the Army, $100,000,000.
(2) For the Department of the Navy, $174,000,000.
(3) For the Department of the Air Force, $175,000,000.
(4) For the Department of Defense for cleanup at formerly
used defense sites, $100,000,000.
(c) Emergency Designation.--
(1) In general.--The amounts appropriated under subsection
(a) are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2
U.S.C. 933(g)).
(2) Designation in senate.--In the Senate, subsection (a)
is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
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