Department of Defense PFAS Discharge Prevention Act

II 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. 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 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 Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 4 PFAS Discharge Prevention Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS AND TESTING 6 AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES. 7 (a) R EQUEST FOR MODIFICATION.—Except as pro-8 vided in subsection (b), not later than one year after the 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:51 Jul 31, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2472.IS S2472ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2472 IS date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 1 shall, with respect to each permit under section 402(p) 2 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 3 1342(p)) that applies to a facility of the Department of 4 Defense, request from the State that issued the permit, 5 or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 6 Agency, as applicable, a modification to such permit to 7 require— 8 (1) monitoring of discharges of perfluoroalkyl 9 and polyfluoroalkyl substances not less frequently 10 than quarterly; and 11 (2) implementation of appropriate best manage-12 ment practices or control technologies to reduce such 13 discharges consistent with the requirements of such 14 Act. 15 (b) E XCEPTIONS.—The Secretary of Defense is not 16 required to request a modification to a permit under sub-17 section (a) if such permit contains the elements specified 18 under paragraphs (1) and (2) of such subsection. 19 (c) FUNDING FOR MONITORING AND REDUCTION OF 20 DISCHARGES.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-21 priated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of 22 Defense in each fiscal year for remediation efforts relating 23 to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, not less 24 than one percent shall be obligated or expended annually 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:51 Jul 31, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2472.IS S2472ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •S 2472 IS to carry out activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 1 of subsection (a). 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:51 Jul 31, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2472.IS S2472ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS