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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6082. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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:
Strike section 320B and insert the following:
SEC. 320B. INITIATION OF REMEDIAL ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.
(a) Initiation of Remedial Actions.—
(1) In general.—To the extent that it is consistent with
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and any other
applicable law, and except as provided in paragraph (2), not
later than two years after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall initiate interim remedial
actions with respect to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances at not fewer than 100 covered sites.
(2) Exception.—
(A) In general.—The Secretary may initiate interim
remedial actions with respect to perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances at fewer than 100 covered sites
only if the Secretary cannot find enough covered sites
meeting the factor specified under section 300.415(b)(2)(i)
of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor
regulations.
(B) Report.—If the Secretary utilizes the exception under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report verifying that the Secretary assessed each covered
site and was unable to find a sufficient number of covered
sites meeting the factor specified in such subparagraph.
(b) Timely Completion of Ongoing Actions.—The Secretary
shall ensure the timely completion of interim remedial
actions at installations of the Department of Defense that
are ongoing as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Briefing Required.—Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives on the status and outlook of interim
remedial actions with respect to perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances at the 723 installations of the
Department assessed for use or potential use of such
substances as set forth in the publication of the Department
dated September 30, 2025.
(d) Covered Site Defined.—In this section, the term
“covered site”—
(1) means, of the 723 installations of the Department
assessed for use or potential use of perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances set forth in the publication of
the Department dated September 30, 2025, the installations at
which the estimated remedial investigation or feasibility
study end date is delayed as compared to the date specified
for such site in the similar publication of the Department
dated December 2024; and
(2) shall be interpreted consistent with the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and any other applicable law.