S.Amdt. 4634

SA 4634. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 B of title II, add the following:

SEC. 306. COMPLIANCE OF MILITARY HOUSING WATER SUPPLIES WITH
FEDERAL AND STATE DRINKING WATER STANDARDS.

(a) Study.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct
a study to determine whether members of the Armed Forces and
their families who live in military housing in the United
States have access to water that complies with Federal and
State drinking water standards and guidance, including health
advisory levels.
(b) Compliance Measures.--If the Secretary finds that water
available to members of the Armed Forces and their families
who live in military housing does not meet State or Federal
drinking water standards and guidance, including health
advisory levels, the Secretary shall--
(1) in the case of military housing serviced by Department
of Defense-controlled water supply systems, take immediate
steps to bring noncompliant water sources into compliance
with State and Federal standards and guidance, including
health advisory levels, and in the case of military housing
serviced by non-Department of Defense-controlled water supply
systems, work with the municipal or private water system to
take immediate steps to bring noncompliant water sources into
compliance with State and Federal standards and guidance,
including health advisory levels; and
(2) within 30 days of discovering that a water source does
not meet State or Federal drinking water standards and
guidance, including health advisory levels, provide to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives and the congressional delegation of the
affected State written verification describing the
noncompliant water sources, including the location of all
affected members of the Armed Forces, and an explanation
about how the Secretary will bring the water source into
compliance with State and Federal standards and guidance,
including health advisory levels.
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