Sec. 333. Annual report on funding and status of interim remedial actions of Department of Defense relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances
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Chapter 160 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 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 ). Each report required by subsection
(a)shall include information regarding the following: The total amounts budgeted and obligated, for the current fiscal year and for any prior fiscal year, per site at each installation of the Department of Defense, for interim remedial actions of the Department relating to PFAS. In the case of each report after the initial report, the total amounts budgeted, obligated, and expended, per site at each installation, on such actions since the previous report. The general and operating status of interim remedial actions related to PFAS per site at each installation, including— 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; for each action listed, a phase-specific status update, including whether— the design is pending, in progress, or completed; contracting is pending, in solicitation, awarded, or delayed; construction or execution has begun, is in progress, is completed, or is delayed; the action is currently operating, including an assessment of the duration of such action and any performance metrics available; identification of actions that are one-time in nature (such as soil removal and disposal), and the status of each action; timelines for completion of each phase, including original projected timelines and any updates; for any phase delayed by more than one year beyond the original projection, a site-specific explanation for the delay; and 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. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2716 the following: 2717. Annual report on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. . 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— criteria for prioritizing military installations based on risk to human health, environmental impact, and proximity to affected communities; timelines for completing each phase of the cleanup process under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. ); a plan for deploying additional resources, technologies, or personnel to reduce delays, including an identification of— the number of laboratories that are accredited by the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program of the Department of Defense to test for PFAS; and the number of laboratories that are in the process of being so accredited; and benchmarks for evaluating performance of each military department or defense agency on response efforts relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. 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 required under paragraph
(1)shall include a summary of— site-by-site funding levels and expenditures at each installation of the Department; the status of remediation and investigation efforts; projected and actual completion timelines; and points of contact for community engagement. The Secretary shall update the dashboard required under paragraph
(1)not less frequently than semiannually.
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Annual report on funding and status of interim remedial actions of Department of Defense relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances
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