Now, provisions submitted by U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI-08) in the Department of Defense budget that address PFAS contamination have been signed into law. President Joe Biden has signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which will fund the Pentagon and the U.S. military for 2022. The new regulations require the Department of Defense to publish results of drinking and ground water PFAS testing conducted on or near military installations or former defense sites so they are publicly available. Also included in the bill were requirements to expand the VA's burn pit registry to include veterans who served in Egypt and Syria, while requiring mandatory training for VA medical providers on the health effects of burn pits. Also, following the supply chain disruption that came with the pandemic, the Department of Defense will have to develop a supply chain risk assessment framework, including transparency tools, to protect national security supply chains.
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