Sec. 8142. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense under the heading “Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard”, not more than $20,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the Air Force for payments to a local water authority located in the vicinity of an Air National Guard base, or to a state in which the local water authority is located, for the treatment of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid in drinking water from the wells owned and operated by the local water authority undertaken to attain the United States Environmental Protection Agency Lifetime Health Advisory level for such acids: * Provided, That the applicable Lifetime Health Advisory shall be the one in effect on October 1, 2017: Provided further, That the local water authority must have requested such a payment from the National Guard Bureau in fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That the elevated levels of such acids in the water was the result of activities conducted by or paid for by the Department of the Air Force: Provided further, That such funds may be expended without regard to existing contractual provisions in agreements between the Department of the Air Force or the National Guard Bureau, as the case may be, and the state in which the base is located relating to environmental response actions or indemnification: Provided further, That, in order to be eligible for payment under this section, such treatment must have taken place after January 1, 2017, but prior to the date of enactment of this act, and the local water authority or state, as the case may be, must waive all claims for treatment expenses incurred before such date of enactment: Provided further, That any payment under this section may not exceed the actual cost of such treatment resulting from the activities conducted by or paid for by the Department of the Air Force: Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into such agreements with the local water authority or state as may be necessary to implement this section: Provided further*, That the Secretary may pay, utilizing the Defense State Memorandum of Agreement, costs that would otherwise be eligible for payment under that agreement were those costs paid using funds appropriated to the Environmental Restoration Account, Air Force, established under section 2703(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code.

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## SEC. 8142 Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense under the heading “Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard”, not more than $20,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the Air Force for payments to a local water authority located in the vicinity of an Air National Guard base, or to a state in which the local water authority is located, for the treatment of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid in drinking water from the wells owned and operated by the local water authority undertaken to attain the United States Environmental Protection Agency Lifetime Health Advisory level for such acids: * Provided*, That the applicable Lifetime Health Advisory shall be the one in effect on October 1, 2017: * Provided further*, That the local water authority must have requested such a payment from the National Guard Bureau in fiscal year 2018: * Provided further*, That the elevated levels of such acids in the water was the result of activities conducted by or paid for by the Department of the Air Force: * Provided further*, That such funds may be expended without regard to existing contractual provisions in agreements between the Department of the Air Force or the National Guard Bureau, as the case may be, and the state in which the base is located relating to environmental response actions or indemnification: * Provided further*, That, in order to be eligible for payment under this section, such treatment must have taken place after January 1, 2017, but prior to the date of enactment of this act, and the local water authority or state, as the case may be, must waive all claims for treatment expenses incurred before such date of enactment: * Provided further*, That any payment under this section may not exceed the actual cost of such treatment resulting from the activities conducted by or paid for by the Department of the Air Force: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may enter into such agreements with the local water authority or state as may be necessary to implement this section: * Provided further*, That the Secretary may pay, utilizing the Defense State Memorandum of Agreement, costs that would otherwise be eligible for payment under that agreement were those costs paid using funds appropriated to the Environmental Restoration Account, Air Force, established under section 2703(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code. # TITLE IX OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS MILITARY PERSONNEL ## Military Personnel, Army For an additional amount for “Military Personnel, Army”, $2,929,154,000: * Provided*, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. * * * * * * * OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PROCUREMENT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS GENERAL PROVISIONS