[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4192 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4192
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
Defense to submit to Congress an annual report on the funding and
status of interim remedial actions of the Department of Defense
relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 26, 2025
Ms. McDonald Rivet (for herself, Mr. Bergman, Mrs. Dingell, Mr.
Fitzpatrick, and Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of
Defense to submit to Congress an annual report on the funding and
status of interim remedial actions of the Department of Defense
relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``the Military PFAS Transparency Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON FUNDING AND STATUS OF INTERIM REMEDIAL ACTIONS
OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELATING TO PFAS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 160 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2717. Annual report on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances
``(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives a report on the funding and status of
interim remedial actions of the Department of Defense relating to
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (in this section referred
to as `PFAS').
``(b) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall
include information regarding the following:
``(1) The total funding budgeted and obligated, for the
current fiscal year and for any prior fiscal year, per site at
each installation, for interim remedial actions of the
Department of Defense relating to PFAS.
``(2) In the case of each report after the initial report,
the total funding budgeted, obligated and expensed, per site at
each installation, on such actions since the previous report.
``(3) The general and operating status of interim remedial
actions related to PFAS per site at each installation,
including--
``(A) a list of all announced or selected interim
remedial actions, and for each such action, the
function and role of the action with respect to
addressing PFAS at the installation;
``(B) for each action listed, a phase-specific
status update including whether--
``(i) the design is pending, in progress,
or completed;
``(ii) contracting is pending, in
solicitation, awarded, or delayed;
``(iii) construction or execution has
begun, is in progress, completed, or delayed;
``(iv) the action is currently operating,
its duration, and any performance metrics
available;
``(C) identification of actions that are one-time
in nature (such as soil removal and disposal), and the
status of each action;
``(D) timelines for completion of each phase,
including original projected timelines and any updates;
``(E) for any phase delayed by more than 12 months
beyond the original projection, a site-specific
explanation for the delay; and
``(F) identification of any administrative,
regulatory, funding, or other barriers contributing to
delays or budgetary effects, along with the plan of the
Secretary to address each such barrier.''.
(b) Required Remediation Acceleration 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
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances remediation acceleration
strategy, which shall include--
(1) criteria for prioritizing military installations based
on risk to human health, environmental impact, and proximity to
affected communities;
(2) timelines for completing each phase of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) cleanup process;
(3) a plan for deploying additional resources,
technologies, or personnel to reduce delays, including an
identification of--
(A) the number of laboratories that are accredited
by the Department of Defense Environmental Laboratory
Accreditation Program to test for PFAS; and
(B) the number of laboratories that are in the
process of being so accredited; and
(4) benchmarks for evaluating performance of each military
department or defense agency on perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances response efforts.
(c) Public Transparency.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall make publicly
available an accessible online dashboard that includes the actions of
the Department of Defense relating to perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances. The dashboard shall be updated semiannually
and shall include a summary of--
(1) site-by-site funding levels and expenditures at each
installation;
(2) the status of remediation and investigation efforts;
(3) projected and actual completion timelines; and
(4) points of contact for community engagement.
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