[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3374 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3374

 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
   Liability Act of 1980 to establish a grant program to revitalize 
  brownfield sites for the purpose of locating renewable electricity 
                 generation facilities on those sites.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2010

Mr. Lautenberg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
   Liability Act of 1980 to establish a grant program to revitalize 
  brownfield sites for the purpose of locating renewable electricity 
                 generation facilities on those sites.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cleanfields Investment Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to establish a program to fund grants--
            (1) to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct 
        planning relating to brownfield sites for the purpose of 
        locating renewable electricity generation facilities on those 
        brownfield sites; or
            (2) for use in remediating brownfield sites for the purpose 
        of locating renewable electricity generation facilities on 
        those brownfield sites.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(42) Renewable electricity generation facility.--The term 
        `renewable electricity generation facility' means a facility 
        that generates renewable electricity from wind energy, solar 
        energy, or geothermal energy.''.

SEC. 4. RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY BROWNFIELD SITE FUNDING.

    Section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (12) as paragraph (13);
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:
            ``(12) Renewable electricity brownfield site funding.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Administrator shall 
                establish a program to provide grants to--
                            ``(i) eligible entities, to be used for 
                        capitalization of revolving loan funds to 
                        provide assistance in accordance with 
                        subparagraph (B); and
                            ``(ii) eligible entities or nonprofit 
                        organizations, as determined by the 
                        Administrator in accordance with subparagraph 
                        (C), to be used directly--
                                    ``(I) to inventory, characterize, 
                                assess, and conduct planning relating 
                                to 1 or more brownfield sites for the 
                                purpose of locating a renewable 
                                electricity generation facility on 
                                those brownfield sites; or
                                    ``(II) for remediation of 1 or more 
                                brownfield sites for the purpose of 
                                locating a renewable electricity 
                                generation facility on those brownfield 
                                sites.
                    ``(B) Use of loan and grant funds provided by 
                eligible entities.--An eligible entity that receives a 
                grant under subparagraph (A)(i) shall use the grant to 
                provide assistance for a purpose described in 
                subparagraph (A)(ii) in the form of 1 or more--
                            ``(i) loans to an eligible entity, site 
                        owner, site developer, or other person; or
                            ``(ii) grants to an eligible entity or 
                        other nonprofit organization, where warranted, 
                        as determined in accordance with subparagraph 
                        (C) by the eligible entity that is providing 
                        the assistance.
                    ``(C) Considerations.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Not later than 90 days 
                        after the date of enactment of the Cleanfields 
                        Investment Act, the Administrator shall issue 
                        guidance describing the considerations to be 
                        used in determining whether a grant under 
                        subparagraph (A) is warranted for a purpose 
                        described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
                            ``(ii) Use of guidance.--The guidance 
                        issued under clause (i) shall be used by the 
                        Administrator or an eligible entity, as the 
                        case may be, to determine whether a grant under 
                        subparagraph (A) is warranted.
                    ``(D) Ranking criteria.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Administrator shall 
                        issue ranking criteria to be used in 
                        determining whether a grant under subparagraph 
                        (A) is warranted for a purpose described in 
                        subparagraph (A)(ii).
                            ``(ii) Use of ranking criteria.--The 
                        ranking criteria issued under clause (i) shall 
                        be used by the Administrator or an eligible 
                        entity, as the case may be, to determine 
                        whether a grant under subparagraph (A) is 
                        warranted.
                    ``(E) Implementation.--Paragraphs (4), (5)(A), 
                (5)(B), and (6) through (11) shall apply to the 
                implementation of this paragraph.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (13) (as so redesignated), by adding at 
        the end the following:
                    ``(C) Authorization of appropriations for renewable 
                electricity generation facility brownfields funding.--
                There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
                Administrator, to fund grants to inventory, 
                characterize, assess, and conduct planning relating to 
                brownfield sites for the purpose of locating renewable 
                electricity generation facilities on those brownfield 
                sites, or for remediation of brownfield sites for the 
                purpose of locating renewable electricity generation 
                facilities on those brownfield sites, $50,000,000 for 
                each of fiscal years 2011 through 2016.''.
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