[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3761 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3761

   To direct the Secretary of Defense to designate a Coordinator for 
           Engagement with PFAS-impacted defense communities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2025

  Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself and Ms. McDonald Rivet) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Defense to designate a Coordinator for 
           Engagement with PFAS-impacted defense communities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COORDINATOR FOR ENGAGEMENT FOR PFAS-IMPACTED DEFENSE 
              COMMUNITIES.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall designate an official of the 
Department of Defense as the ``Coordinator for Engagement with Defense 
Communities Affected by PFAS''.
    (b) Responsibilities.--The responsibilities of the Coordinator 
designated under subsection (a) are--
            (1) to improve the outreach, education, and communication 
        efforts of the Department with respect to current or former 
        defense communities located in the United States that have been 
        affected by the contamination or leakage of perfluoroalkyl and 
        polyfluoroalkyl substances (referred to in this section as 
        ``PFAS''); and
            (2) to serve as a dedicated liaison between the Department 
        and local governments, advocacy organizations, and individual 
        citizens in the current and former defense communities where 
        the Department has ongoing or incomplete PFAS remediation 
        projects.
    (c) Definition of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.--
In this section, the terms ``perfluoroalkyl substance'' and 
``polyfluoroalkyl substance'' have the meanings given such terms in 
section 333(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3531; 10 U.S.C. 3062 note).
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