S.Amdt. 999

SA 999. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Casey) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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:

After subsection (a) of section 343, insert the following:
(b) Exposure Assessment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human
Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry and in consultation with the Department of Defense,
shall conduct an exposure assessment of no less than 8
current or former domestic military installations known to
have per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination
in drinking water, ground water, and any other sources of
water and relevant exposure vectors.
(2) Contents.--The exposure assessment required under this
subsection shall--
(A) include--
(i) for each military installation covered under the
exposure assessment, a statistical sample to be determined by
the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation
with the relevant State health departments; and
(ii) bio-monitoring for assessing the contamination
described in paragraph (1); and
(B) produce findings, which shall be--
(i) used to help design the study described in subsection
(a)(1); and
(ii) released to the appropriate congressional committees
not later than 1 year after the conclusion of such exposure
assessment.
(3) Timing.--The exposure assessment required under this
subsection shall--
(A) begin not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act; and
(B) conclude not later than 2 years after such date of
enactment.
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