the Military PFAS Transparency Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8]
Introduced
Summary
PFAS cleanup transparency: This bill would require the Department of Defense to report detailed funding and status for interim perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances remedial actions and to publish a public dashboard to help speed cleanups and community engagement.
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- Communities near military sites would get site-by-site funding figures, remediation status, projected and actual timelines, and local points of contact through an accessible online dashboard updated semiannually. This aims to make progress and delays more visible to residents.
- Service members, base employees, and nearby households would see a remediation acceleration strategy within 180 days that sets prioritization criteria based on health risk and proximity, timelines for each cleanup phase, and performance benchmarks for military departments. That strategy also must identify accredited laboratories and those in the accreditation process.
- The Department of Defense would have to provide annual reports to congressional defense committees showing budgeted, obligated, and expensed amounts per site, phase-specific status updates, explanations for delays over 12 months, and plans to address administrative or funding barriers.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Plan to speed PFAS cleanups
If enacted, the Defense Department would send Congress a PFAS cleanup acceleration plan within 180 days. It would set how to rank sites based on health risk, environmental harm, and closeness to communities. It would lay out timelines for each CERCLA cleanup phase. It would plan added staff, technology, and lab capacity and list accredited labs and those in process. It would set benchmarks to judge each military department’s progress.
Toxic PFAS cleanup transparency at bases
If enacted, the Defense Department would file a site-by-site PFAS cleanup report to Congress within one year and every year after. It would list budgets, obligations, and spending since the last report, plus phase status, timelines, and delays over 12 months with reasons and fixes. Reports would also note one-time actions like soil removal. Within one year, DoD would post a public online dashboard and update it every six months. The dashboard would show each site's funding and spending, cleanup and investigation status, projected and actual dates, and contacts for questions.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
MI • R
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]
VA • R
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
NH • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3]
MN • D
Sponsored 4/20/2026
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Roll Call Votes
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