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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8231
To direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that removal and remedial
actions relating to PFOS or PFOA contamination result in levels meeting
or exceeding certain standards, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
Ms. SLOTKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy
and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that removal
and remedial actions relating to PFOS or PFOA con-
tamination result in levels meeting or exceeding certain
standards, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. STANDARDS FOR REMOVAL OR REMEDIAL AC-
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TIONS WITH RESPECT TO PFOS OR PFOA
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CONTAMINATION.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—In conducting removal or reme-
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dial actions pursuant to the Comprehensive Environ-
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mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
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1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) or section 332 of the Na-
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tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
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(Public Law 116–92) of PFOS or PFOA contamination
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from Department of Defense or National Guard activities
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found in drinking water or in groundwater that is not cur-
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rently used for drinking water, the Secretary of Defense
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shall ensure that such actions result in a level that meets
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or exceeds the most stringent of the following standards
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for PFOS or PFOA in any environmental media:
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(1) An enforceable State standard, in effect in
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that State, for drinking, surface, or ground water, as
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described in section 121(d)(2)(A)(ii) of the Com-
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prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
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and
Liability
Act
of
1980
(42
U.S.C.
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9621(d)(2)(A)(ii)).
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(2) An enforceable Federal standard for drink-
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ing, surface, or ground water, as described in section
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121(d)(2)(A)(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental
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Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
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(42 U.S.C. 9621(d)(2)(A)(i)).
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(3)
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health
advisory
under
section
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1412(b)(1)(F) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
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U.S.C. 300g–1(b)(1)(F)).
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘PFOA’’ means perfluorooctanoic
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acid.
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(2) The term ‘‘PFOS’’ means perfluorooctane
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sulfonate.
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(3) The terms ‘‘removal’’ and ‘‘remedial action’’
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have the meanings given those terms in section 101
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of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
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Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C.
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9601).
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(c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Except with respect to the
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specific level required to be met under subsection (a),
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nothing in this section affects the application of the Com-
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prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
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Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9607).
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