# 116-hr-8231: To direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that removal and remedial actions relating to PFOS or PFOA contamination result in levels meeting or exceeding certain standards, and for other purposes.

116-hr-8231, To direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that removal and remedial actions relating to PFOS or PFOA contamination result in levels meeting or exceeding certain standards, and for other purposes., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8231
- Congress: 116
- Title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that removal and remedial actions relating to PFOS or PFOA contamination result in levels meeting or exceeding certain standards, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Introduced: 2020-09-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to attain specific standards in cleaning up perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination in drinking water and other groundwater from past DOD and National Guard activities. Specifically, DOD must reduce the presence of PFOS and PFOA in drinking water and other groundwater to meet or exceed the most stringent standard among federal health advisories and enforceable federal and state requirements.

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- 116-hr-8819: Solid Start Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8687: Saving the Civil Service Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8643: PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act
- 116-hr-8623: SAVE for Seniors Act
- 116-hr-8575: To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on threats to the United States Armed Forces from the Russian Federation.

## Sources
- [116-hr-8231 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8231)

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- [116-hr-8687: Saving the Civil Service Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8687)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8643: PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8643)
- [116-hr-8623: SAVE for Seniors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8623)
- [116-hr-8575: To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on threats to…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8575)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8231 (as of 2025-11-18).