[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5923. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3__. MODIFICATION TO REQUIREMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE DRINKING WATER.

       Section 317 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking 
     ``perfluorooctanesculfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid'' 
     and inserting ``certain'';
       (2) by striking ``perfluorooctanesculfonic acid'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``perfluorohexanesulfonic 
     acid, perfluorononanoic acid, hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer 
     acid, perfluorobutanesulfonic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonic 
     acid,''; and
       (3) in subsection (a)(2)--
       (A) by striking ``exceeded the maximum containment level'' 
     and inserting ``exceeded the lower of the maximum containment 
     level''; and
       (B) by striking ``Environmental Protection Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Environmental Protection Agency or a State 
     drinking water standard''.
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