,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hija  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ai1      
#bjbb,ms4 ,slotkin introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to submit a report regarding   
the provision of water alternatives to  
communities affected by ,,pfas          
contamination1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,report on ,department of ,defense  
provision of water alternatives to      
communities affected by ,,pfas          
contamination  7a7 ,report required ,not
 later than ,december #a1 #bjbb1 the    
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
the ,committees on ,armed ,services of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,senate a report containing an outline  
of the plan of the ,department of       
,defense to provide 7or continue        
providing1 as the case may be7          
alternative water sources to affected   
communities surrounding military        

installations with levels of            
perfluoroalkyl substances that have been
 determined to be above the lifetime    
health advisory for contamination for   
such substances as issued by the        
,environmental ,protection ,agency and  
printed in the ,federal ,register on    
,june #ba1 #bjbb4  7b7 ,matters ,the    
report under subsection 7a7 shall       
include the following3  7#a7 ,a list of 
any military installations previously   
classified as requiring no further      
action with respect to perfluoroalkyl   
substances contamination that1 as of the
 date of the report1 require additional 
investigation with respect to such      
contamination4  7#b7 ,a list of any     
military installations with previous    
tests results of perfluorooctanoic acid 
or perfluorooctane sulfonic acid at     
concentrations above #j but less than   
#gj parts per trillion1 and a           
description of the timeline and         
processes by which the ,secretary has   
provided1 and continues to provide1     

alternative water sources to affected   
communities surrounding such            
installations4  7#c7 ,a description of  
any guidance issued by the ,secretary to
 update the processes and procedures of 
the ,department in accordance with the  
lifetime health advisory issued by the  
,environmental ,protection ,agency and  
printed in the ,federal ,register on    
,june #ba1 #bjbb4  7#d7 ,a description  
of any plans of the ,department for     
community engagement with respect to    
affected communities referred to in     
subsection 7a74  7#e7 ,a description of 
any additional resources necessary for  
the ,secretary to address the needs of  
such affected communities4  7#f7 ,a     
description of the testing methods for  
perfluoroalkyl substances1 and the      
levels of detection associated with such
 methods1 currently available to the    
,department4  7c7 ,alternative water    
source defined ,in this section1 the    
term alternative water source means a   
source of water uncontaminated with     

perfluoroalkyl substances4