[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5042-S5043]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2789. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 C of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 324. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING 
                   TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PFAS CLEANUP 
                   ACTIVITIES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall make 
     publicly available on the website required under section 
     331(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) timely and 
     regularly updated information on the status and schedule of 
     the cleanup activities at sites where the Secretary has 
     obligated amounts for environmental restoration activities to 
     address the release of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 
     substances (in this section referred to as ``PFAS'').
       (b) Specific Information.--Not later than one year after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     ensure that the following information is available on the 
     website specified in subsection (a) for each site described 
     in such subsection:
       (1) A schedule of future off-base drinking water sampling 
     efforts and results of off-base drinking water sampling for 
     PFAS.
       (2) The number of off-site private drinking water wells in 
     which the Secretary has detected PFAS attributable to 
     activities of the Department of Defense that is more than a 
     Federal drinking water standard.
       (3) A description of measures undertaken or planned to 
     mitigate the migration of PFAS-affected groundwater from the 
     site at levels that are more than Federal drinking water 
     standards, including a schedule for the implementation of 
     such measures.
       (4) The number of off-site private drinking water wells for 
     which alternative drinking

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     water or treatment has been provided to prevent the 
     consumption of PFAS-affected water at levels that are more 
     than Federal drinking water standards.
       (5) The location of or link to the administrative record 
     and any site-related environmental restoration documents of 
     the site, including work plans, environmental reports, 
     regulator comments, decision documents, and public comments.
       (6) The location of the restoration advisory board document 
     repository for the site or a link to the community outreach 
     website of the restoration advisory board where documents 
     such as public comments and records of community engagement 
     meetings and briefings are available.
       (7) An estimate of the cost to complete and schedule of the 
     remediation of PFAS at the site.
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