S.Amdt. 4126

SA 4126. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following:

SEC. 356. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR DISPOSAL OF
MATERIALS CONTAINING PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES,
POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES, OR AQUEOUS FILM
FORMING FOAM.

Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a
semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a
semicolon;
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; or''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) have been sent to another entity or entities for
disposal, including a waste processing facility,
subcontractor, or fuel blending facility.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency and the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report on all incineration by the Department of Defense of
materials covered by subsection (b) during the one-year
period preceding the submittal of the report, including--
``(1) the total amount of materials incinerated;
``(2) the temperature range at which the materials were
incinerated;
``(3) the locations and facilities where the covered
materials were incinerated;
``(4) details on actions taken by the Secretary to comply
with this section; and
``(5) details on actions taken by the Department of Defense
to implement the recommendations contained in the revised
interim guidance on the destruction and disposal of PFAS and
materials containing PFAS published by the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency under section 7361 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (15
U.S.C. 8961), including the recommendation for safe storage
of PFAS and materials containing PFAS until identified
uncertainties are addressed and appropriate destruction and
disposal technologies can be recommended.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) AFFF.--The term `AFFF' means aqueous film forming
foam.
``(2) PFAS.--The term `PFAS' means perfluoroalkyl
substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances.''.
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