A bill to require the provision of alternative drinking water to households whose private drinking water is contaminated with perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid substances from activities of the Department of Defense.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Defense Department to offer alternative drinking water to certain households whose private wells were contaminated by PFOS or PFOA from Defense activities.
Who Benefits and How
Households affected by PFOS or PFOA contamination from military installations could gain bottled water, filtration, or connection to public water systems.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Defense Department would face new obligations to provide or offer replacement drinking water where the statutory conditions are met.
Key Provisions
- Requires DoD to offer alternative drinking water to covered households with PFOS or PFOA contamination tied to Defense activities.
- Coordinates the requirement with CERCLA and other environmental response authorities.
- Allows DoD to stop providing the alternative water in certain cases where broader water-system solutions or other remediation steps are in place.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Defense Department to offer alternative drinking water to certain households whose private wells were contaminated by PFOS or PFOA from Defense activities.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Environment, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
This bill requires the Defense Department to offer alternative drinking water to certain households whose private wells were contaminated by PFOS or PFOA from Defense activities.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Households with private wells contaminated by PFOS or PFOA from Defense activities
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Defense officials responsible for providing alternative drinking water
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Households receiving alternative drinking water because of Defense-related PFOS or PFOA contamination
Defense officials responsible for providing alternative drinking water to covered households
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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