[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6405 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6405

 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
   Liability Act of 1980 to provide grants for the revitalization of 
            waterfront brownfields, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2012

Ms. Slaughter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
    Transportation and Infrastructure and Rules, 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 grants for the revitalization of 
            waterfront brownfields, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Waterfront Brownfields 
Revitalization Act''.

SEC. 2. WATERFRONT BROWNFIELDS GRANT.

    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 paragraphs (4) through (12) as 
        paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ``paragraphs (4) and 
        (5)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (5) and (6)'';
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Grants for waterfront brownfields revitalization.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (5) and 
                (6), the President shall establish a program to provide 
                grants to eligible entities or nonprofit organizations 
                to be used at one or more waterfront brownfields sites.
                    ``(B) Use of funds.--Such grants may be used for 
                reuse planning, site characterization and assessment, 
                or remediation at waterfront brownfields sites, 
                including the integration of activities related to the 
                design and implementation of water quality 
                improvements, low impact development approaches, green 
                infrastructure, remediation and management of 
                sediments, or flood damage prevention associated with 
                brownfields remediation and reuse.
                    ``(C) Waterfront brownfields site defined.--In this 
                section, the term `waterfront brownfields site' means a 
                brownfields site any part of which is adjacent to a 
                body of water.'';
            (4) in paragraph (5)(A) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) 
        of this section) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                            ``(iii) Waterfront brownfields 
                        revitalization.--A grant made to an eligible 
                        entity or nonprofit organization under 
                        paragraph (4) may not exceed $500,000.'';
            (5) in paragraph (7)(A) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) 
        of this section) by inserting ``waterfront brownfields 
        revitalization,'' after ``community involvement,''; and
            (6) by striking paragraph (13) (as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1) of this section) and inserting the following:
            ``(13) Funding.--
                    ``(A) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
                subsection $220,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 
                through 2017.
                    ``(B) Use of certain funds.--Of the amounts made 
                available under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year 
                $55,000,000, or, if the amount made available is less 
                than $220,000,000, 25 percent of the amount made 
                available, shall be used for site characterization, 
                assessment, and remediation of facilities described in 
                section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II).
                    ``(C) Waterfront brownfields revitalization.--There 
                are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
                necessary for waterfront brownfields revitalization 
                grants under paragraph (4).''.

SEC. 3. TASK FORCE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall establish and serve as chairperson of a task 
force on waterfront brownfields revitalization.
    (b) Membership.--Members of the task force shall include 
representatives who have expertise in waterfronts or brownfields 
revitalization, including representatives from the following:
            (1) The Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric 
        Administration.
            (3) The Army Corps of Engineers.
            (4) The Department of Transportation.
            (5) The Department of Housing and Urban Development.
            (6) The Economic Development Administration.
            (7) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
            (8) State and local governments.
            (9) Community-based organizations and other interested 
        parties.
            (10) Any additional entities the Administrator chooses to 
        include.
    (c) Duties.--The task force shall identify--
            (1) current and potential funding and technical assistance 
        resources for waterfront brownfields revitalization;
            (2) barriers to and solutions for waterfront brownfields 
        revitalization; and
            (3) methods to coordinate interagency efforts for 
        waterfront brownfields revitalization.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report detailing the findings of the task force on 
improving waterfront brownfields revitalization.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives an annual report on the implementation of the 
brownfield site characterization and assessment grant program 
authorized by section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)).
    (b) Committee Hearings on Annual Report.--
            (1) In general.--During each year, the Committee on Energy 
        and Commerce and the Committee on Transportation and 
        Infrastructure of the House of Representatives shall each hold 
        a hearing on the annual report submitted by the Administrator 
        under subsection (a).
            (2) Exercise of rulemaking authority.--The provisions of 
        paragraph (1) are enacted--
                    (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
                House of Representatives, and, as such, they shall be 
                considered as part of the rules of the House, and such 
                rules shall supersede any other rule of the House only 
                to the extent that rule is inconsistent therewith; and
                    (B) with full recognition of the constitutional 
                right of the House to change such rules (so far as 
                relating to the procedure in the House) at any time, in 
                the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case 
                of any other rule of the House.
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