[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1157 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1157

 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
 Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the United States Army Corps of 
Engineers perform contract oversight of Fund financed remedial actions 
                            under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 1997

Mr. Frelinghuysen introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
    the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
 Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the United States Army Corps of 
Engineers perform contract oversight of Fund financed remedial actions 
                            under that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CORPS OF ENGINEERS OVERSIGHT OF SUPERFUND CONTRACTS.

    Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Corps of Engineers Oversight of Superfund Contracts.--Except 
in the case of remedial actions carried out by a State or political 
subdivision under subsection (d), contract administration of awarded 
contracts for design and construction associated with Fund lead 
remedial actions commenced under this section after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection shall be performed by the United States 
Army Corps of Engineers. Nothing in this subsection shall be 
interpreted to affect existing contracts or procedures for awarding any 
contracts under this Act.''.
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