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<dc:title>117 HR 2703 IH: Superfund Polluter Pays Act</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 2703</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20210420">April 20, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="P000034">Mr. Pallone</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="B000574">Mr. Blumenauer</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="P000096">Mr. Pascrell</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="M001200">Mr. McEachin</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the financing of the Superfund.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HF630DBD8B5DF41D0854838F1360858A7" style="OLC"><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H204F40673D6A497DAA09706DA2BD663D" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Superfund Polluter Pays Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="HF4A0AE30F56F4A9793947F1917328B1D"><enum>2.</enum><header>Extension of Superfund taxes</header><subsection id="HB3C40FEBBF2D4F47868ED495A2E35341"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate</header><paragraph id="HAE3FA836842A4594AA46D456DFDF22C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/4611">Section 4611(e)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block id="HC12F2C8C0D5348A69FC4B27BD9E04470" style="OLC"><subsection id="H9DE0F47AE3FB4AACB0547C9506F05634"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application of hazardous substance superfund financing rate</header><text>The Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate under this section shall apply after December 31, 1986, and before January 1, 1996, and after the date of the enactment of this subsection and before January 1, 2026.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="HF43CECB7CEB54E6F97475A8586A2E995"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rate of tax adjusted for inflation</header><subparagraph id="HBD6BC5C4C1D0486F9DBC64F1E978A4A3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 4611(c)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>9.7 cents</quote> and inserting <quote>16.3 cents</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E358A4193934F5A80A8889107EB588C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Continued adjustment for inflation</header><text>Section 4611(c) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A4C891573744515B4998118C142C505" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H094848DDFB1C49BE87AF1DB271FE32EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inflation adjustment</header><subparagraph id="HAEA467A3FF8E437FAA64AEC61F3030F7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a calendar year beginning after 2021, the 16.3 cents amount in paragraph (2)(A) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</text><clause id="H136C0695CC504A8BBD9FB10BE62620B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied by</text></clause><clause id="H05E550C8E7B24BDEBA8D999900715801"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2020</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD8A891E3D7F49A8B3394A0081DF09BD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text>If any amount as adjusted under subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of 0.1 cents, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of 0.1 cents.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E52295F8EA844CB90792816EF4B8FC6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><subparagraph id="H587B90F032EF4D3FA0B194B1F94E2DDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 4611(b) of such Code is amended—</text><clause id="H1361FF15BA8C4EEFB76DAF8DDF28CD20"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or exported from</quote> in paragraph (1)(A),</text></clause><clause id="HF3E6441FBB4640EA93FB3E6742BEF8CD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or exportation</quote> in paragraph (1)(B), and</text></clause><clause id="HFF146D44F1144A7FB728841BD468E16E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and exportation</header-in-text></quote> in the heading.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1736280D67F84E478991853EDC74D76D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 4611(d)(3) of such Code is amended—</text><clause id="HF74CF850F80A4F4293F735E987D28211"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or exporting the crude oil, as the case may be</quote> in the text and inserting <quote>the crude oil</quote>, and</text></clause><clause id="H80DCCD04ED244324B169DA8D6B185B03"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">or exports</header-in-text></quote> in the heading.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBA470AB7A4774749A5E0186A00125377"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment of excise tax on certain chemicals for inflation</header><text>Section 4661(b) of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AD6C40BF062409E9AD47928B6122481" style="OLC"><subsection id="H57CA81478A7D4AC88585FE8CA55DBE01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount of tax</header><paragraph id="H5CEA98DF738147A8A385D63CFFC18C36"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of the tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be determined in accordance with the following table:</text><table line-rules="all-gen"><tgroup cols="2"><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col1" colwidth="214pts" min-data-value="1"></colspec><colspec coldef="fig" colname="col2" colwidth="111pts" min-data-value="20"></colspec><thead><row><entry>In the case of:</entry><entry>The tax is the following amount per ton:</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry>Acetylene</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">$14.30</entry></row><row><entry>Benzene</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">14.30</entry></row><row><entry>Butane</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">14.30</entry></row><row><entry>Butylene</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">14.30</entry></row><row><entry>Butadiene</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">14.30</entry></row><row><entry>Ethylene</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">14.30</entry></row><row><entry>Methane</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">10.10</entry></row><row><entry>Naphthalene</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">14.30</entry></row><row><entry>Propylene</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">14.30</entry></row><row><entry>Toluene</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">14.30</entry></row><row><entry>Xylene</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">14.30</entry></row><row><entry>Ammonia</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">7.75</entry></row><row><entry>Antimony</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">13.06</entry></row><row><entry>Antimony trioxide</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">11.01</entry></row><row><entry>Arsenic</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">13.06</entry></row><row><entry>Arsenic trioxide</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">10.01</entry></row><row><entry>Barium sulfide</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">6.75</entry></row><row><entry>Bromine</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">13.06</entry></row><row><entry>Cadmium</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">13.06</entry></row><row><entry>Chlorine</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">7.93</entry></row><row><entry>Chromium</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">13.06</entry></row><row><entry>Chromite</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">4.46</entry></row><row><entry>Potassium dichromate</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">4.96</entry></row><row><entry>Sodium dichromate</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">5.49</entry></row><row><entry>Cobalt</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">13.06</entry></row><row><entry>Cupric sulfate</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">5.49</entry></row><row><entry>Cupric oxide</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">10.54</entry></row><row><entry>Cuprous oxide</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">11.66</entry></row><row><entry>Hydrochloric acid</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">0.85</entry></row><row><entry>Hydrogen fluoride</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">12.42</entry></row><row><entry>Lead oxide</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">12.15</entry></row><row><entry>Mercury</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">13.06</entry></row><row><entry>Nickel</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">13.06</entry></row><row><entry>Phosphorus</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">13.06</entry></row><row><entry>Stannous chloride</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">8.37</entry></row><row><entry>Stannic chloride</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">6.22</entry></row><row><entry>Zinc chloride</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">6.52</entry></row><row><entry>Zinc sulfate</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">5.58</entry></row><row><entry>Potassium hydroxide</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">0.65</entry></row><row><entry>Sodium hydroxide</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">0.82</entry></row><row><entry>Sulfuric acid</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">0.76</entry></row><row><entry>Nitric acid</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr">0.70.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="H45B9520ED98744E1AB0654EA3503C6F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment for inflation</header><subparagraph id="H24E0B15BEFE048AEA41D667D3F1C45E1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a calendar year beginning after 2021, each of the amounts in the table in paragraph (1) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</text><clause id="HF529D1773C364A65922AA65420A6614D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such amount, multiplied by</text></clause><clause id="H0D7394BB0DC147BA95C78C515F3D2CF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year, determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2020</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2E8A99D3B1F4D569C4318506339A62D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text>If any amount as adjusted under subparagraph (A) is not a multiple of $0.01, such amount shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $0.01.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HCE00A477BD374B7B993C0C03043C2EF7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Corporate environmental income tax</header><paragraph id="H25D052B8C6B543ADBA023E9B3A1ED4B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter A of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new part:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8147A0704733467C92BFE879BDD5D91D" style="OLC"><part id="H2041B9CF253A46E8A9A897546E6441A9"><enum>VIII</enum><header>Environmental Tax</header><toc container-level="part-container" idref="H2041B9CF253A46E8A9A897546E6441A9" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 59B. Environmental Tax.</toc-entry></toc><section id="HCCA8A3B9059A4248A710AD9A06F79CAA"><enum>59B.</enum><header>Environmental tax</header><subsection id="H147E2511317A452192BFF662F331E18B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Imposition of tax</header><text>In the case of a corporation, there is hereby imposed (in addition to any other tax imposed by this subtitle) a tax equal to 0.12 percent of the excess of—</text><paragraph id="HAE45B88E298144F1B92924E5043E4B51"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the modified environmental tax taxable income of such corporation for the taxable year, over</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE581465C27E643638EE203514594E214"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,130,000.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8F19C4C9043E487882365822B2BFF73C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modified environmental tax taxable income</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>modified environmental tax taxable income</term> means taxable income determined without regard to—</text><paragraph id="H4D35B39C73624AE6B69F05F24B213110"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the net operating loss deduction allowable under section 172, and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF206975782F1467DB6EF2B79CB0E06C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the deduction allowed under section 164(a)(5).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCDDE6E007B6E4CE7BC2D59625FB5F421"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception for RICs and REITs</header><text>The tax imposed by subsection (a) shall not apply to—</text><paragraph id="HEB737FB536EE40779477D979EEBB3B79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a regulated investment company to which part I of subchapter M applies, and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9A153CB4625A477798AA0F24D2DA8B66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a real estate investment trust to which part II of subchapter M applies.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD7C20B1A5DE14497A322DDF9035502B6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special rules</header><paragraph id="HCFB5DA20A4EA48D88D29B04DEA4EA726"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Short taxable years</header><text>The application of this section to taxable years of less than 12 months shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H22A8A83DCC784BE4B12081FD924D932C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Section 15 not to apply</header><text>Section 15 shall not apply to the tax imposed by this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC071447B76B44F56B6F6879484502A20"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Inflation adjustment</header><paragraph id="H7EAD9BE491534F68870270D438D9FFC7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a taxable year beginning after 2021, the $3,130,000 amount in subsection (a)(2) shall be increased by an amount equal to—</text><subparagraph id="HCC9331A7A598414597CDC1E4CA15BEED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such dollar amount, multiplied by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C5F0B7D46584BF993BE3997E6977DB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting <quote>calendar year 2020</quote> for <quote>calendar year 2016</quote> in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H68D283B9A9394BF0B15E87B9B1E4A1E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rounding</header><text>If any amount as adjusted under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $10,000, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10,000.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDE861A6089A1436D82F7A68E86BEB4F4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Application of tax</header><text>The tax imposed by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this subsection and before January 1, 2027.</text></subsection></section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H2813B9A2B77F4E5B9113EBFC53667781"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><subparagraph id="HC60AAC5B434B4162BFDFDB3BD66A644E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Paragraph (2) of section 26(b) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (X), by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (Y) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3A3C7F7F0644699954908E9A7BB286B" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H292C73E7716A4FD28B20519A0E47197B"><enum>(Z)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 59B (relating to environmental tax).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8940307C47D745E9865EB134415D0706"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 164(a) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC6434726F374C3AB770B22A37477D22" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H16F760B41D5B4C589B263C9057377413"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The environmental tax imposed by section 59B.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD95CD960D2EE44779E74BB0DF34B8604"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 275(a) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the tax imposed by section 59B.</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7D6A5B7E65704749BBDF7E555DE50481"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 882(a)(1) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>or 59A</quote> and inserting <quote>, 59A, or 59B</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43A5283880DF4EDF94B400B84265A172"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 1561(a) of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>and one dollar amount in effect under section 59B(a)(2) for purposes of computing the tax imposed by section 59B</quote> after <quote>under section 535(c)(2) and (3)</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2EC46AA9F2145E19E76CCBEA8268442"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section 6425(c)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the end of clause (i), by striking <quote>over</quote> and inserting <quote>plus</quote> at the end of clause (ii), and by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77F489463E034AA696378FF7E0F7FF93" style="OLC"><clause id="HBC85D39E847847F98A35C66BAC9938D7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the tax imposed by section 59B, over</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB3CD4D586E2477DBD290703C41626A2"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Section 6655 of such Code is amended—</text><clause commented="no" id="HA4B30DFF1F504475A58B98418C56D5B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsections (e)(2)(A)(i) and (e)(2)(B)(i), by striking <quote>taxable income and modified taxable income</quote> and inserting <quote>taxable income, modified taxable income, and modified environmental tax taxable income</quote>,</text></clause><clause id="H9A322D1E720B42B087CA74984F9DE0ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2)(B), by adding at the end the following new clause:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7173C35E84604EDA967C4A2ACC890E72" style="OLC"><clause id="HEFF520AC9A74444D8347C6E777B712C8"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Modified environmental tax taxable income</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>modified environmental tax taxable income</term> has the meaning given to such term in section 59B(b).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="H9BE3BCD59B9C43E1A8A6171B6794DBC3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking <quote>plus</quote> at the end of clause (ii), by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv), and by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8E5F93D6AEB4A0F95617F69F97B9F33" style="OLC"><clause id="H12E42BDE3B804F6B86CDC79200BDB53C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the tax imposed by section 59B, plus</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE44D435166A42C4974D3949DC540DFB"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Section 9507(b)(1) of such Code is amended by inserting <quote>59B,</quote> before <quote>4611</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H734DD1F019634814B4F1C67ACC944B6D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The table of parts for subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relating to part VII the following new item:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27B90F81F8C5418BB3B19DFF0617FF92" style="OLC"><toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H8147A0704733467C92BFE879BDD5D91D" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"><toc-entry idref="H2041B9CF253A46E8A9A897546E6441A9" level="part">Part VIII. Environmental tax</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA624854CCAAE41B98CEC6B8EFD2330B4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective dates</header><paragraph id="HCB5A67562AF7470FB9F6034E2714954A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Excise taxes</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3C610F47AEDF4D3A8882508F00386C17"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Income tax</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (c) shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

