[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7984-S7985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4484. Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Booker, 
and Mr. Menendez) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction,

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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. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF AIR FORCE REGARDING 
                   CONTAMINATED REAL PROPERTY.

       (a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) certain property on or near Air Force facilities 
     located in the United States are contaminated with harmful 
     perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate 
     chemicals;
       (2) perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate 
     contamination threatens the jobs, lives, and livelihoods of 
     citizens and livestock who live in contaminated areas;
       (3) property owners, especially those facing severe 
     financial hardship, cannot wait any longer for the Air Force 
     to acquire contaminated property; and
       (4) the Secretary of the Air Force should, in an 
     expeditious manner, use the authority under section 344 of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
     (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) to acquire 
     contaminated property, remediate or dispose of it pursuant to 
     Federal and State environmental laws, and provide relocation 
     assistance.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
     progress of the Air Force in carrying out section 344 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
     (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note).
       (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include--
       (A) a detailed description of any real property 
     contaminated by perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane 
     sulfonate by activities of the Air Force;
       (B) a description of any progress made by the Secretary of 
     the Air Force to acquire and remediate or dispose of property 
     pursuant to Federal and State environmental laws or provide 
     relocation assistance pursuant to section 344 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 
     116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note); and
       (C) if the Secretary of the Air Force has not acquired and 
     remediated or disposed of property pursuant to Federal and 
     State environmental laws or provided relocation assistance 
     pursuant to such section, an explanation of why not.
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