[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3031. 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 installations 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 installation 
     described in such subsection:
       (1) A schedule of future off-site drinking water sampling 
     efforts and results of off-site 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 
     installation 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 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 or 
     information repository containing site-related environmental 
     restoration documents for the installation, such as work 
     plans, environmental reports, regulator comments, decision 
     documents, and public comments.
       (6) The location of the restoration advisory board document 
     repository for the installation 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 installation.
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