S.Amdt. 5923

SA 5923. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the
following:

SEC. 3__. MODIFICATION TO REQUIREMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE DRINKING WATER.

Section 317 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is
amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking
``perfluorooctanesculfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid''
and inserting ``certain'';
(2) by striking ``perfluorooctanesculfonic acid'' each
place it appears and inserting ``perfluorohexanesulfonic
acid, perfluorononanoic acid, hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer
acid, perfluorobutanesulfonic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonic
acid,''; and
(3) in subsection (a)(2)--
(A) by striking ``exceeded the maximum containment level''
and inserting ``exceeded the lower of the maximum containment
level''; and
(B) by striking ``Environmental Protection Agency'' and
inserting ``Environmental Protection Agency or a State
drinking water standard''.
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