3.0.0 491 2023-01-11T13:26:04Z 2023-01-11T13:26:04Z Senate S S 2013-03-07 113 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2014-06-05T20:41:59Z Markup by 2014-04-03T14:00:00Z Referred to 2013-03-07T19:21:17Z S. Rept. 113-186 BUILD Act 113 2896 HR 2013-08-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. Identical bill CRS Text similarities House 2014-06-05 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 416. Calendars 2014-06-05 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with amendments. With written report No. 113-186. Committee 2014-06-05 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with amendments. With written report No. 113-186. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee 2014-04-03 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. Committee 2013-03-07 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2013-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2013-03-07 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2013-03-07 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2013-03-07 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2013-07-24 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2013-07-24 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2013-07-24 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2013-07-24 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2013-07-24 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2013-07-29 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2013-09-27 False Environmental Protection Alternative and renewable resources Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Floods and storm protection Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Housing and community development funding Indian lands and resources rights Land use and conservation Navigation, waterways, harbors Pollution liability Rural conditions and development Small towns Tax-exempt organizations Environmental Protection 00 2013-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2013-05-06T20:48:44Z Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2013 or the BUILD Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to include among entities eligible for brownfields revitalization funding: (1) a tax-exempt charitable organization, (2) a limited liability corporation in which all managing members are tax-exempt charitable organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are such organizations, (3) a limited partnership in which all general partners are tax-exempt charitable organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are such organizations, or (4) a qualified community development entity.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide multipurpose grants to carry out inventory, characterization, assessment, planning, or remediation activities at brownfield sites in a proposed area.

Revises the brownfield site characterization and assessment grant program to authorize an eligible entity that is a governmental entity to receive a grant for property acquired by such governmental entity prior to January 11, 2002, even if the governmental entity does not qualify as a bona fide prospective purchaser as defined under such Act.

Increases the maximum amount the President may give in grants and loans to eligible entities for brownfield remediation.

Repeals prohibitions on giving grants and loans for brownfields revitalization for administrative costs and the cost of complying with federal law. Excludes from the meaning of "administrative costs" costs for investigating and identifying the extent of the contamination, designing and performing a response action, or monitoring a natural resource.

Requires the Administrator to give priority to small communities, Indian tribes, rural areas, or low-income areas with a population of not more than 15,000 in providing assistance to facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation.

Requires the Administrator, in giving grants for brownfields revitalization, to give consideration to waterfront brownfield sites.

Requires the Administrator to establish a program to provide grants to: (1) carry out inventory, characterization, assessment, planning, feasibility analysis, design, or remediation activities to locate a clean energy project at brownfield sites; and (2) capitalize a revolving loan fund for such purposes.

Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants for state response programs.

Extends the authorizations of appropriations for brownfields revitalization funding and state response programs.

]]> 01 2014-06-05 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2014-10-27T22:17:14Z Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2013 or the BUILD Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to include among entities eligible for brownfields revitalization funding: (1) tax-exempt charitable organizations, (2) limited liability corporations in which all managing members or the sole members are tax-exempt charitable organizations, (3) limited partnerships in which all general partners are tax-exempt charitable organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are such organizations, or (4) qualified community development entities.

(Sec. 3) Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide multipurpose grants to carry out inventory, characterization, assessment, planning, or remediation activities at brownfield sites.

(Sec. 4) Revises the brownfield site characterization and assessment grant program to permit a governmental entity to receive a grant for property acquired prior to January 11, 2002, even if the governmental entity does not qualify as a bona fide prospective purchaser under CERCLA if the entity has not caused or contributed to a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance at the property.

(Sec. 5) Increases the maximum amount the President may provide in grants and loans for brownfield remediation.

(Sec. 6) Allows grant or loan recipients to use up to 8% of brownfields revitalization funding for administrative costs, excluding costs for investigating and identifying the extent of the contamination, designing and performing a response action, or monitoring a natural resource.

(Sec. 7) Directs the EPA to give priority to small communities, Indian tribes, rural areas, and disadvantaged areas when providing grants for technical assistance, research, and training.

(Sec. 8) Requires the EPA, in providing grants for brownfields revitalization, to give consideration to waterfront brownfield sites.

(Sec. 9) Requires the EPA to establish a program to provide grants to locate clean energy projects at brownfield sites.

(Sec. 10) Authorizes the Administrator to provide up to $2 million each fiscal year to provide grants for state response programs.

(Sec. 11) Extends the authorizations of brownfields revitalization and state response programs through FY2016.

]]> Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2013 Display Title Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced BUILD Act Short Titles as Introduced Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2013 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2013 S Senate Short Titles as Reported to Senate BUILD Act S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions relating to grants, and for other purposes. Reported to Senate 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s491rs/xml/BILLS-113s491rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2013-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s491is/xml/BILLS-113s491is.xml 2014-06-05 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 416. 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.