S.Amdt. 1931

SA 1931. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Booker, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan,
Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sanders,

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Mr. Schumer, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Manchin)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S.
4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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. ____. TREATMENT OF PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE AND
PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID AS HAZARDOUS AND A
POLLUTANT OR CONTAMINANT.

Section 2701(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) PFOS and pfoa contamination.--For purposes of this
subsection, perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic
acid shall be deemed to be hazardous and a pollutant or
contaminant.''.
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