S.Amdt. 3031

SA 3031. Mr. BROWN 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 C of title III, add the following:

SEC. 324. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING
TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PFAS CLEANUP
ACTIVITIES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall make
publicly available on the website required under section
331(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) timely and
regularly updated information on the status and schedule of
the cleanup activities at installations where the Secretary
has obligated amounts for environmental restoration
activities to address the release of perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (in this section referred to as
``PFAS'').
(b) Specific Information.--Not later than one year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
ensure that the following information is available on the
website specified in subsection (a) for each installation
described in such subsection:
(1) A schedule of future off-site drinking water sampling
efforts and results of off-site drinking water sampling for
PFAS.
(2) The number of off-site private drinking water wells in
which the Secretary has detected PFAS attributable to
activities of the Department of Defense that is more than a
Federal drinking water standard.
(3) A description of measures undertaken or planned to
mitigate the migration of PFAS-affected groundwater from the
installation at levels that are more than Federal drinking
water standards, including a schedule for the implementation
of such measures.
(4) The number of off-site private drinking water wells for
which alternative drinking water or treatment has been
provided to prevent the consumption of PFAS-affected water at
levels that are more than Federal drinking water standards.
(5) The location of or link to the administrative record or
information repository containing site-related environmental
restoration documents for the installation, such as work
plans, environmental reports, regulator comments, decision
documents, and public comments.
(6) The location of the restoration advisory board document
repository for the installation or a link to the community
outreach website of the restoration advisory board where
documents such as public comments and records of community
engagement meetings and briefings are available.
(7) An estimate of the cost to complete and schedule of the
remediation of PFAS at the installation.
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