,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #bb1         
#bjbc,ms4 ,slotkin 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,posey1 and ,mr4 ,khanna7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committees on       
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 and
 ,energy and ,commerce1 for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,defense to ensure that removal and     
remedial actions relating to ,,pfas     
contamination result in levels meeting  
or exceeding certain standards1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,,pfas         
,strictest ,standard ,act4  #b4         
,standards for response actions with    
respect to ,,pfas contamination  7a7 ,in
 general ,in conducting a response      

action to address perfluoroalkyl or     
polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination 
from ,department of ,defense or         
,national ,guard activities1 the        
,secretary of ,defense shall conduct    
such actions to achieve a level of such 
substances in the environmental media   
that meets or exceeds the most stringent
 of the following standards for each    
applicable perfluoroalkyl or            
polyfluoroalkyl substance in any        
environmental media3 7#a7 ,a ,state     
standard1 in effect in the ,state in    
which the response action is being      
conducted1 as described in section      
#aba7;d77#b77;,a77ii7 of the            
,comprehensive ,environmental ,response1
 ,compensation1 and ,liability ,act of  
#aihj 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                    
#ifba7;d77#b77;,a77ii774  7#b7 ,a       
,federal standard1 as described in      
section #aba7;d77#b77;,a77i7 of the     
,comprehensive ,environmental ,response1
 ,compensation1 and ,liability ,act of  
#aihj 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                    

#ifba7;d77#b77;,a77i774  7#c7 ,a health 
advisory under section                  
#adab7;b77#a77;,f7 of the ,safe         
,drinking ,water ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#cjj;g-#a7;b77#a77;,f774  7b7           
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl      
substance ,the term perfluoroalkyl or   
polyfluoroalkyl substance means any     
man-made chemical with at least one     
fully fluorinated carbon atom4  7#b7    
,response action ,the term response     
action means an action taken pursuant to
 section #ajd of the ,comprehensive     
,environmental ,response1 ,compensation1
 and ,liability ,act of #aihj 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #ifja74  7c7 ,savings clause  
,except with respect to the specific    
level required to be met under          
subsection 7a71 nothing in this section 
affects the application of the          
,comprehensive ,environmental ,response1
 ,compensation1 and ,liability ,act of  
#aihj 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ifjg74