,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #daib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bf1 #bjbe,ms4 
,mc,donald ,rivet 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,bergman1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4          
,fitzpatrick1 and ,mrs4 ,kiggans of     
,virginia7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 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      
substances1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title  ,this ,act may be cited  
as the ,military ,,pfas ,transparency   
,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,annual report on   
funding and status of interim remedial  
actions of ,department of ,defense      
relating to ,,pfas  7a7 ,in general     
,chapter #afj of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  

the end the following new section3      
#bgag4 ,annual report on perfluoroalkyl 
and polyfluoroalkyl substances  7a7 ,in 
general ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this       
section1 and annually thereafter1 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 7in this section referred to 
as ,,pfas74  7b7 ,elements ,each report 
required by subsection 7a7 shall include
 information regarding the following3   
7#a7 ,the total funding budgeted and    
obligated1 for the current fiscal year  
and for any prior fiscal year1 per site 
at each installation1 for interim       
remedial actions of the ,department of  
,defense relating to ,,pfas4  7#b7 ,in  
the case of each report after the       
initial report1 the total funding       

budgeted1 obligated and expensed1 per   
site at each installation1 on such      
actions since the previous report4  7#c7
 ,the general and operating status of   
interim remedial actions related to     
,,pfas per site at each installation1   
including--  7,a7 a list of all         
announced or selected interim remedial  
actions1 and for each such action1 the  
function and role of the action with    
respect to addressing ,,pfas at the     
installation2  7,b7 for each action     
listed1 a phase-specific status update  
including whether--  7i7 the design is  
pending1 in progress1 or completed2     
7ii7 contracting is pending1 in         
solicitation1 awarded1 or delayed2      
7iii7 construction or execution has     
begun1 is in progress1 completed1 or    
delayed2  7iv7 the action is currently  
operating1 its duration1 and any        
performance metrics available2  7,c7    
identification of actions that are      
one-time in nature 7such as soil removal
 and disposal71 and the status of each  

action2  7,d7 timelines for completion  
of each phase1 including original       
projected timelines and any updates2    
7,e7 for any phase delayed by more than 
#ab months beyond the original          
projection1 a site-specific explanation 
for the delay2 and  7,f7 identification 
of any administrative1 regulatory1      
funding1 or other barriers contributing 
to delays or budgetary effects1 along   
with the plan of the ,secretary to      
address each such barrier4  4  7b7      
,required remediation acceleration      
strategy ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,secretary of ,defense shall submit
 to the congressional defense committees
 a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl   
substances remediation acceleration     
strategy1 which shall include-- 7#a7    
criteria for prioritizing military      
installations based on risk to human    
health1 environmental impact1 and       
proximity to affected communities2  7#b7
 timelines for completing each phase of 

the ,comprehensive ,environmental       
,response1 ,compensation1 and ,liability
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ifja et seq47     
cleanup process2  7#c7 a plan for       
deploying additional resources1         
technologies1 or personnel to reduce    
delays1 including an identification of--
  7,a7 the number of laboratories that  
are accredited by the ,department of    
,defense ,environmental ,laboratory     
,accreditation ,program to test for     
,,pfas2 and  7,b7 the number of         
laboratories that are in the process of 
being so accredited2 and  7#d7          
benchmarks for evaluating performance of
 each military department or defense    
agency on perfluoroalkyl and            
polyfluoroalkyl substances response     
efforts4  7c7 ,public transparency ,not 
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 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      
substances4 ,the dashboard shall be     
updated semiannually and shall include a
 summary of--  7#a7 site-by-site funding
 levels and expenditures at each        
installation2  7#b7 the status of       
remediation and investigation efforts2  
7#c7 projected and actual completion    
timelines2 and  7#d7 points of contact  
for community engagement4