,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cddf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aa1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,peters introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,secretary of ,defense to submit a      
strategy to accelerate the response     
efforts of the ,department of ,defense  
with respect to releases of             
perfluoroalkyl substances or            
polyfluoroalkyl substances from the     
activities of the ,department4  #a4     
,strategy to accelerate remediation of  
contamination from perfluoroalkyl       
substances and polyfluoroalkyl          
substances  7a7 ,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      
strategy to accelerate the response     
efforts of the ,department of ,defense  
with respect to releases of             

perfluoroalkyl substances or            
polyfluoroalkyl substances from the     
activities of the ,department4          
,consistent with ,,cercla1 the strategy 
shall include-- 7#a7 criteria that the  
,department uses to prioritize response 
actions on military installations and   
,national ,guard facilities based on    
relative risk to human health and the   
environment1 including concentrations of
 releases of perfluoroalkyl substances  
or polyfluoroalkyl substances1 migration
 pathways1 and proximity to receptors2  
7#b7 timelines for completing each phase
 of the cleanup process under ,,cercla  
with respect to such releases for each  
such military installation or ,national 
,guard facility2  7#c7 a plan for       
deploying additional technologies1      
personnel1 or other resources to reduce 
delays to remediation efforts1 including
 an identification of-- 7,a7 the number 
of laboratories accredited by the       
environmental laboratory accreditation  
program of the ,department to test for  

the presence of perfluoroalkyl          
substances and polyfluoroalkyl          
substances2 and  7,b7 the number of     
laboratories in the process of being so 
accredited2 and  7#d7 benchmarks for    
evaluating the performance of each      
military department or ,defense ,agency 
in reducing the relative risk with      
respect to response efforts to address  
releases of perfluoroalkyl substances   
and polyfluoroalkyl substances4  7b7    
,public dashboard ,not later than one   
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary shall publish 
on a publicly accessible website of the 
,department1 an online dashboard that   
provides information on the actions of  
the ,department1 including each military
 department1 addressing releases of     
perfluoroalkyl substances and           
polyfluoroalkyl substances from         
activities of the ,department4 ,the     
dashboard shall be updated on a         
semiannual basis and shall include a    
summary of-- 7#a7 funding that has been 

obligated or expended address such      
releases1 dissagregated by each military
 installation or ,national ,guard       
facility with respect to which efforts  
are planned or underway2  7#b7 the      
status of response efforts to address   
such releases under the applicable phase
 of the cleanup process under ,,cercla1 
including the status of any interim     
removal actions1 at each such site2     
7#c7 projected and actual timelines for 
the completion of response actions with 
respect to such releases at each such   
site2 and  7#d7 points of contact for   
community engagement4  7c7 ,definitions 
,in this section3 7#a7 ,the terms       
,,cercla1 ,national ,guard facility1    
removal1 and response have the meanings 
given those terms in section #bgjj of   
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 
,the term ,defense ,agency has the      
meaning given such term in section      
#aja7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states  
,code4