3.0.0 336 2020-02-14T19:14:01Z 2020-02-14T19:14:01Z House H HR 2005-01-25 109 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing hsba19 Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2005-04-20T15:16:32Z Referred to 2005-01-25T19:02:40Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2005-01-26T19:13:03Z hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2005-01-26T15:19:33Z Referred to 2005-01-25T19:02:35Z Brownfield Redevelopment Assistance Act of 2005 109 1237 HR 2005-04-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2005-04-20 hsba19 Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. Committee 2005-01-26 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2005-01-26 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2005-01-25 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2005-01-25 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-01-25 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2005-01-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-01-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 9 N Economics and Public Finance Affordable housing Armed Forces and National Security Brownfields Capital investments Commerce Community development Depressed areas Dislocated workers Diversification in industry Economic development Energy Environmental Protection Federal installations Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government lending Grants-in-aid Hazardous wastes Housing and Community Development Industrial pollution Infrastructure Internal migration Labor and Employment Land use Loans Military base closures Minorities Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Planning Plant shutdowns Population Poverty Public Lands and Natural Resources Public-private partnerships Real estate development Revolving funds Skilled labor Social Welfare Taxation Unemployment Urban affairs Economics and Public Finance 00 2005-01-25 Introduced in House 2005-04-09T16:33:25Z Brownfields Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Commerce to coordinate activities relating to the redevelopment of brownfield sites and the promotion of eco-industrial development under such Act with other Federal agencies, States, local governments, consortia of local governments, Indian tribes, nonprofit organizations, and public-private partnerships.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for projects to alleviate or prevent conditions of excessive unemployment, underemployment, blight, and infrastructure deterioration associated with brownfield sites through projects involving: (1) the development of public facilities or services; (2) business development; (3) the development of affordable housing; (4) planning; (5) technical assistance; (6) training; and (7) the purchase of environmental insurance with respect to certain of these activities.

Sets forth grant criteria. Authorizes assistance under this Act for activities identified by a community, the economy of which is injured by one or more brownfield sites.

Authorizes appropriations for brownfield site redevelopment grants for FY 2006 through 2010.

Limits the Federal share of costs for activities funded by such grants to 75 percent of the total.

Defines "brownfield site" by reference to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) as real property the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (subject to certain exclusions), and with respect to which an entity has received or is eligible to receive CERCLA funding for site characterization, assessment, or remediation.

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Brownfields Improvement Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Brownfields Improvement Act of 2005 Display Title Brownfields Improvement Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide assistance to communities for the redevelopment of brownfield sites. Introduced in House 2005-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr336ih/xml/BILLS-109hr336ih.xml 2005-04-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.