---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2711"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2711"
heading: "Annual report on defense environmental programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2711"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 160 — Environmental Restoration"
---

# §2711. Annual report on defense environmental programs

- (a) **Report Required.—** Not later than March 31 of each year, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on progress made by environmental [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense during the preceding fiscal year.
- (b) **Elements.—** Each report under [subsection (a)](#a) shall include, for the year covered by the report, the following:
  - (1) With respect to environmental restoration activities of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense, and for each of the [military departments](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-8), information on the Defense Environmental Restoration [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) under [section 2701 of this title](/usc/10/2701.md), including—
    - (A) the total number of sites at which such [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) was carried out;
    - (B) the progress of remediation for sites that have not yet completed cleanup;
    - (C) the remaining cost to complete cleanup of known sites, including information on the costs associated with investigating and remediating [releases](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including—
      - (i) detailed information regarding the total potential cost to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of investigating and remediating such [releases](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) at all locations where investigation and remediation is expected to be funded by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6); and
      - (ii) the cost-to-complete analysis required under [subsection (d)](#d); and
    - (D) an assessment by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense of the overall progress of such [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).
  - (2) An assessment by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of achievements for environmental conservation and planning by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6).
  - (3) An assessment by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of achievements for environmental compliance by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6).
  - (4) An assessment by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of achievements for climate resiliency by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6).
  - (5) An assessment by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of the progress made by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) in achieving the objectives and goals of the Environmental Technology [Program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6).
- (c) **Consolidation.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may consolidate, attach with, or otherwise include in any report required under [subsection (a)](#a) any annual report or other requirement that is aligned or associated with, or would be better understood if presented as part of a consolidated report addressing environmental restoration, compliance, and resilience.
- (d) **PFAS Cost-to-complete Analysis.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall carry out an annual cost-to-complete analysis with respect to the most important contributors to the costs to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of investigating and remediating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances [releases](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) that—
  - (1) [includes](/usc/10/101.md?p=g-4)—
    - (A) an assessment of any changes in regulatory [standards](/usc/10/3011.md?p=3), treatment technologies, and site prioritization that could affect the cost to complete;
    - (B) examples of how modifying assumptions about contamination extent, remediation timelines, or emerging [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) methods could affect the cost to complete; and
    - (C) an identification of any funding shortfalls or other constraints that could affect the investigation and remediation of such contamination; and
  - (2) incorporates a risk and uncertainty analysis with respect to the effects of potential changes in the most important contributors to the costs to the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) to complete the known per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances sites, including—
    - (A) variability in the extent of such contamination based on ongoing site assessments, inspections, and investigations;
    - (B) shifts in regulatory requirements that could alter investigation and remediation strategies; and
    - (C) advances in technologies for the treatment and [disposal](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) such contamination that could reduce or increase long-term costs.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, § 317(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1359; amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title III, § 314(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2503; Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title III, § 311, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 803.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 119–60, § 311(1), substituted “sites, including information on the costs associated with investigating and remediating releases of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including—” for “sites; and” and added cls. (i) and (ii).

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 119–60, § 311(2), added subsec. (d).

2022—Pub. L. 117–263 added subsecs. (a) to (c) and struck out former subsecs. (a) and (b) which related to report required and definitions, respectively.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Reporting on Lead Service Lines and Lead Plumbing

Pub. L. 117–263, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2853, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3009, provided that: Initial Report.—Not later than January 1, 2025, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] a report that includes— a list of military installations (including Government-owned family housing facilities), military housing, and privatized military housing projects that, as of the date of the report, are being serviced by lead service lines or lead plumbing for the purposes of receiving drinking water; an evaluation of whether military installations and privatized military housing projects are in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule and, to the extent that such installations and projects are not in compliance, an identification of— the name and location of each such installation or project that is not in compliance; and the timeline and plan for bringing each such installation or project into compliance; and an identification of steps and resources needed to remove any remaining lead plumbing from military installations and housing. Inclusion of Information in Annual Report.—If, after reviewing the initial report required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense finds that any military installation or privatized family housing project is not in compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule, the Secretary shall include in the annual report on defense environmental programs required under section 2711 of title 10, United States Code, for each year after the year in which the initial report is submitted, an update on the efforts of the Secretary, including negotiations with privatized military family housing providers, to fully comply with the Lead and Copper Rule.”