S.Amdt. 2302

SA 2302. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2019 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 III, add the following:

SEC. 316. FUNDING FOR STUDYING THE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF
PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES
CONTAMINATION IN DRINKING WATER AND PROVIDING
BOTTLED WATER TO AFFECTED COMMUNITIES.

(a) Study on Health Implications of Per- and
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Contamination in Drinking Water.--
(1) Inclusion of additional sites in study.--Section
316(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) is amended by striking
``exposure assessment of not less than 8 current or former
domestic military installations'' and inserting ``exposure
assessment of not less than 16 current or former domestic
military installations, including 8 National Guard
installations with airports,''.
(2) Additional funding.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of
Defense $10,000,000 to carry out activities under section 316
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2018 (Public Law 115-91).
(b) Funding for Provision of Bottled Water to Affected
Communities.--
(1) In general.--The amounts authorized to be appropriated
by this Act for the accounts listed in paragraph (2) are
hereby increased by such sums as may be necessary to provide
bottled water and other clean drinking water services the
Secretary of Defense determines necessary for communities
found to be impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
contamination resulting from the use of those chemicals by
the Department of Defense.
(2) Accounts.--The accounts referred to in paragraph (1)
are as follows:
(A) Environmental Restoration, Army.
(B) Environmental Restoration, Navy.
(C) Environmental Restoration, Air Force.
(D) Environmental Restoration, Defense-Wide.
(E) Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites.
(F) Department of Defense Base Closure Account.
(c) Health Registry.--
(1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, shall establish a health registry to
identify and monitor the health effects on members of the
Armed Forces and the general public who may have been exposed
to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances resulting from
releases at military installations.
(2) Public information campaign.--The Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, should develop a public
information campaign to inform members of the Armed Forces
and the general public of potential exposure to per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances resulting from releases at
military installations.
(3) Annual report.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit
to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and the Committee
on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report
on the findings of the health registry.
(4) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated for
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2019 $15,000,000 to
establish and implement the health registry under this
subsection.

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