S.Amdt. 2996

SA 2996. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1095. RESEARCH INTO SAN PEDRO BASIN CONTAMINATION AND
BIOREMEDIATION OPTIONS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrators.--The term ``Administrators'' means the
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense and heads of other relevant agencies.
(2) Covered waste.--The term ``covered waste'' means--
(A) dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane,
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane degradation products, and
byproducts of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane manufacturing;
and
(B) other industrial wastes including military explosives,
munitions, radioactive waste, refinery byproducts, and
associated chemicals.
(b) Research, Monitoring, and Remediation.--The
Administrators shall--
(1) conduct status and trend monitoring of the dumping of
covered waste in the San Pedro Basin;
(2) conduct research to characterize the scope, impact, and
potential for penetration into the marine food web of the
dumping of covered waste in the San Pedro Basin; and
(3) assess, analyze, and explore the potential of
remediation with respect to the dumping of covered waste at
dump sites in the San Pedro Basin, including bioremediation.
(c) Study of Seafloor Contamination.--The Administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in
consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency and the Secretary of Defense, may provide
funding under the Competitive Research Program of the
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science to support the
study of deep seafloor contamination from the dumping of
covered waste off the coast of California, including the
study of--
(1) spatial and co-contaminant inventories;
(2) transport and fate processes; and
(3) ecosystem biomagnification.
(d) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrators shall submit a
report describing a strategy for further research and
remediation in the San Pedro Basin to the following
committees:
(1) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate.
(2) The Committee on Environment and Public Works of the
Senate.
(3) The Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives.
(4) The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of
the House of Representatives.
(5) The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives.
(6) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
(7) The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the
House of Representatives.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to
amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the
program described in subsection (c), there is authorized to
be appropriated to carry out such subsection $6,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2025 through 2031.
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