119-s2472

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2472 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2472

 To require the Secretary of Defense to request modifications relating 
 to certain permits issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control 
 Act, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 28, 2025

Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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 A BILL

 To require the Secretary of Defense to request modifications relating 
 to certain permits issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control 
 Act, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense PFAS Discharge 
Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS AND TESTING AT DEPARTMENT OF 
 DEFENSE FACILITIES.

    (a) Request for Modification.--Except as provided in subsection

    (b) , not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, with respect to each permit under 

section 402

    (p) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1342

    (p) ) that applies to a facility of the Department of Defense, 
request from the State that issued the permit, or the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, as applicable, a modification to 
such permit to require--

    (1) monitoring of discharges of perfluoroalkyl and 
 polyfluoroalkyl substances not less frequently than quarterly; 
 and

    (2) implementation of appropriate best management practices 
 or control technologies to reduce such discharges consistent 
 with the requirements of such Act.

    (b) Exceptions.--The Secretary of Defense is not required to 
request a modification to a permit under subsection

    (a) if such permit 
contains the elements specified under paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) of such 
subsection.
            (c) Funding for Monitoring and Reduction of Discharges.--Of the 
funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Secretary of Defense in each fiscal year for remediation efforts 
relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, not less 
than one percent shall be obligated or expended annually to carry out 
activities described in paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) of subsection

    (a) .
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