the Military PFAS Transparency Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Military PFAS Transparency Act adds an annual reporting requirement to title 10. Within one year and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense must report to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees on funding and status of DOD interim remedial actions related to PFAS. Each report must include budgeted, obligated, and later expensed funding per site at each installation; the status of announced or selected interim remedies; phase-specific updates on design, contracting, construction, operation, duration, and performance metrics; one-time actions such as soil removal; timelines and changed projections; explanations for delays over 12 months; and administrative, regulatory, funding, or other barriers plus DOD's plan to address each barrier.
Who Benefits and How
Military communities affected by PFAS benefit because Congress would receive site-by-site remediation funding and status information. Service members living near contaminated installations benefit from more transparent tracking of interim remedies. PFAS cleanup advocates benefit from regular disclosure of delays, performance metrics, and barriers. Armed Services Committees benefit from annual installation-level oversight data on DOD PFAS remediation.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Secretary of Defense must compile and submit annual PFAS interim-remedy reports. DOD environmental restoration offices must track budgeted, obligated, and expensed funding by site and installation. Installation commanders must account for design, contracting, construction, operation, and delay status for interim remedial actions. Defense contractors performing PFAS cleanup face more visible performance and timeline scrutiny.
Key Provisions
- Requires annual DOD reports on PFAS interim remedial actions by site and installation.
- Requires funding data for current and prior fiscal years, including budgeted, obligated, and expensed amounts.
- Requires phase-specific status updates for design, contracting, construction, operation, duration, and performance metrics.
- Requires explanations for delays over 12 months and plans to address administrative, regulatory, funding, or other barriers.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires annual Defense Department reports on PFAS interim-remedial-action funding and status by site and installation, including delays, performance metrics, barriers, and plans to address them.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, PFAS, Environmental Remediation
Primary Purpose
Requires annual Defense Department reports on PFAS interim-remedial-action funding and status by site and installation, including delays, performance metrics, barriers, and plans to address them.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Military communities affected by PFAS
- Service members near contaminated installations
- PFAS cleanup advocates
- Armed Services Committees
Identified Costs
- Secretary of Defense
- DOD environmental restoration offices
- Installation commanders
- Defense cleanup contractors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeIntroduced in House
Ms. McDonald Rivet (for herself, Mr. Bergman, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. …
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Defense cleanup contractors, PFAS cleanup advocates
DOD environmental restoration offices, Secretary of Defense
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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