S.Amdt. 4484
What it does: Adds SEC. 356. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF AIR FORCE REGARDING CONTAMINATED REAL PROPERTY at the end of subtitle D of title III
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 4350 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 356. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF AIR FORCE REGARDING CONTAMINATED REAL PROPERTY at the end of subtitle D of title III
Adds a sectionIn H.R. 4350 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(b) Consultation Requirement.--The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps shall jointly establish a formal collaboration forum among Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps range officials through which such officials shall share methods for identifying and communicating hazards to units.
Inserted: SEC. 356. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF AIR FORCE REGARDING CONTAMINATED REAL PROPERTY.
Inserted: (a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
Inserted: (1) certain property on or near Air Force facilities located in the United States are contaminated with harmful perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate chemicals;
Inserted: (2) perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate contamination threatens the jobs, lives, and livelihoods of citizens and livestock who live in contaminated areas;
Inserted: (3) property owners, especially those facing severe financial hardship, cannot wait any longer for the Air Force to acquire contaminated property; and
Inserted: (4) the Secretary of the Air Force should, in an expeditious manner, use the authority under section 344 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) to acquire contaminated property, remediate or dispose of it pursuant to Federal and State environmental laws, and provide relocation assistance.
Inserted: (b) Report.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the progress of the Air Force in carrying out section 344 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note).
Inserted: (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall include--
Inserted: (A) a detailed description of any real property contaminated by perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate by activities of the Air Force;
Inserted: (B) a description of any progress made by the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire and remediate or dispose of property pursuant to Federal and State environmental laws or provide relocation assistance pursuant to section 344 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note); and
Inserted: (C) if the Secretary of the Air Force has not acquired and remediated or disposed of property pursuant to Federal and State environmental laws or provided relocation assistance pursuant to such section, an explanation of why not.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following:
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As printed
SA 4484. Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Menendez) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 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. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF AIR FORCE REGARDING CONTAMINATED REAL PROPERTY.
(a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) certain property on or near Air Force facilities located in the United States are contaminated with harmful perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate chemicals;
(2) perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate contamination threatens the jobs, lives, and livelihoods of citizens and livestock who live in contaminated areas;
(3) property owners, especially those facing severe financial hardship, cannot wait any longer for the Air Force to acquire contaminated property; and
(4) the Secretary of the Air Force should, in an expeditious manner, use the authority under section 344 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) to acquire contaminated property, remediate or dispose of it pursuant to Federal and State environmental laws, and provide relocation assistance.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the progress of the Air Force in carrying out section 344 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note).
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) a detailed description of any real property contaminated by perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate by activities of the Air Force;
(B) a description of any progress made by the Secretary of the Air Force to acquire and remediate or dispose of property pursuant to Federal and State environmental laws or provide relocation assistance pursuant to section 344 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note); and
(C) if the Secretary of the Air Force has not acquired and remediated or disposed of property pursuant to Federal and State environmental laws or provided relocation assistance pursuant to such section, an explanation of why not.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 4, 2021