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S. 3446Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit a strategy to accelerate the response efforts of the Department of Defense with respect to releases of perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances from the activities of the Department.

Sponsored by Gary C. PetersSen. Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
Introduced December 11, 2025

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The bill directs the Secretary of Defense to create and submit a plan that speeds up cleaning up per‑ and poly‑fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination from Department of Defense activities. The plan must outline how the DoD will prioritize sites, set cleanup timelines, add resources, and measure performance. Within a year, the Secretary must also launch a public online dashboard that shows funding, progress, and contact information for each military or National Guard site affected by PFAS releases.

Key Provisions

  • Within 180 days of enactment, the Secretary of Defense must submit a strategy to congressional defense committees that details how the DoD will prioritize, schedule, and accelerate PFAS remediation at military installations and National Guard facilities.
  • The strategy must include risk‑based criteria, CERCLA‑based cleanup timelines, plans for additional technologies and personnel, and benchmarks to evaluate each military department’s or Defense Agency’s performance.
  • Within one year, the Secretary must publish a publicly accessible online dashboard that is updated at least twice a year, showing site‑specific funding, cleanup status, projected and actual timelines, and community contact points.
  • The bill defines key terms such as CERCLA, National Guard facility, removal, response, and Defense Agency consistent with existing U.S. Code.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

December 11, 2025

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December 11, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

December 11, 2025

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Introduced in SenateIssued December 11, 2025

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 3446

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 11, 2025

Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Defense to submit a strategy to accelerate the response efforts of the Department of Defense with respect to releases of perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances from the activities of the Department.

1.

Strategy to accelerate remediation of contamination from perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances

(a)

Strategy

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy to accelerate the response efforts of the Department of Defense with respect to releases of perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances from the activities of the Department. Consistent with CERCLA, the strategy shall include—

(1)

criteria that the Department uses to prioritize response actions on military installations and National Guard facilities based on relative risk to human health and the environment, including concentrations of releases of perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances, migration pathways, and proximity to receptors;

(2)

timelines for completing each phase of the cleanup process under CERCLA with respect to such releases for each such military installation or National Guard facility;

(3)

a plan for deploying additional technologies, personnel, or other resources to reduce delays to remediation efforts, including an identification of—

(A)

the number of laboratories accredited by the environmental laboratory accreditation program of the Department to test for the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances; and

(B)

the number of laboratories in the process of being so accredited; and

(4)

benchmarks for evaluating the performance of each military department or Defense Agency in reducing the relative risk with respect to response efforts to address releases of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

(b)

Public dashboard

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish on a publicly accessible website of the Department, an online dashboard that provides information on the actions of the Department, including each military department, addressing releases of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances from activities of the Department. The dashboard shall be updated on a semiannual basis and shall include a summary of—

(1)

funding that has been obligated or expended address such releases, dissagregated by each military installation or National Guard facility with respect to which efforts are planned or underway;

(2)

the status of response efforts to address such releases under the applicable phase of the cleanup process under CERCLA, including the status of any interim removal actions, at each such site;

(3)

projected and actual timelines for the completion of response actions with respect to such releases at each such site; and

(4)

points of contact for community engagement.

(c)

Definitions

In this section:

(1)

The terms CERCLA, National Guard facility, removal, and response have the meanings given those terms in section 2700 of title 10, United States Code.

(2)

The term Defense Agency has the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.