S.Amdt. 3803

SA 3803. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
Manchin, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Bennet, and Ms. Warren)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695
proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A,
insert the following:
Sec. ___.  Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by title II of this division under the headings
``Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard'' and
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', not more than a
total of $45,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of
the Air Force for payments to a local water authority located
in the vicinity of an Air Force or Air National Guard base
(including a base not Federally-owned) for the treatment of
perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid in
drinking water from the wells owned and operated by the local
water authority or privately owned wells undertaken to attain
the Environmental Protection Agency Lifetime Health Advisory
level for such acids: Provided, That the applicable Lifetime
Health Advisory shall be the one in effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the local water
authority must have requested such a payment from the Air
Force or National Guard Bureau before March 1, 2019, or the
Air Force or National Guard Bureau must have become aware of
such a treatment plan before that date, for payment under
this section to occur: Provided further, That the elevated
levels of such acids in the water must have been the result
of activities conducted by or paid for by the Department of
the Air Force for payment under this section to occur:
Provided further, That such funds may be expended without
regard to existing contractual provisions in agreements
between the Department of the Air Force or the National Guard
Bureau, as the case may be, and the State in which the base
is located relating to environmental response actions or
indemnification: Provided further, That, in order to be
eligible for payment under this section, such treatment must
have taken place after May 25, 2016, and the local water
authority must waive all claims for treatment expenses
incurred before such date: Provided further, That any payment
under this section may not exceed the actual cost of such
treatment resulting from the activities conducted by or paid
for by the Department of the Air Force: Provided further,
That the Secretary of the Air Force may enter into such
agreements with the local water authority as may be necessary
to implement this section.
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