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 Department.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Defense Department to produce a strategy and public dashboard for accelerating PFAS contamination response and cleanup at military installations and National Guard facilities.
Who Benefits and How
Communities affected by PFAS releases from Defense activities could gain more visibility into cleanup priorities, timelines, funding, and community contacts.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Defense Department would take on new strategy, benchmarking, dashboard, and reporting obligations tied to PFAS remediation work.
Key Provisions
- Requires a DoD strategy to accelerate PFAS response efforts.
- Requires cleanup timelines, prioritization criteria, and remediation benchmarks.
- Requires a public dashboard with funding, cleanup status, and community-engagement information.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Defense Department to produce a strategy and public dashboard for accelerating PFAS contamination response and cleanup at military installations and National Guard facilities.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill requires the Defense Department to produce a strategy and public dashboard for accelerating PFAS contamination response and cleanup at military installations and National Guard facilities.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Communities affected by PFAS contamination from Defense activities
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Defense officials responsible for the PFAS strategy and dashboard
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
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Defense officials responsible for developing the PFAS remediation strategy and dashboard
Communities affected by PFAS releases from Defense activities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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