[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8157]
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  SA 4634. Mr. CASEY 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. STUDY ON BIOREMEDIATION OF PFAS USING MYCOLOGICAL 
                   ORGANIC MATTER.

       (a) Study.--Commencing not later than one year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
     acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 
     Installations, and Environment, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research 
     Service, and the Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency shall jointly carry out a study on the 
     bioremediation of PFAS using mycological organic matter.
       (b) Strategic Environmental Research and Development 
     Program.--The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 
     Installations, and Environment shall carry out the 
     responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense for the study 
     under subsection (a) through the Strategic Environmental 
     Research and Development Program.
       (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the commencement 
     of the study under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report on the study.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Agriculture, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (2) PFAS.--The term ``PFAS'' means perfluoroalkyl 
     substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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