[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8296 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8296

 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
   Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the consideration of climate 
                    change, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2026

    Mr. Cleaver (for himself, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Tlaib, and Mr. 
 Krishnamoorthi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and 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 for the consideration of climate 
                    change, 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 ``Preparing Superfund for Climate 
Change Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION.

    Section 121 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9621) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), in the fifth sentence--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``account:'' and inserting ``account--'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the 
                following:
                    ``(H) the potential threat to human health and the 
                environment associated with local natural disasters and 
                extreme weather hazards, including any projected 
                exacerbation or change in those disasters and hazards 
                due to climate change.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting after the first 
        sentence the following: ``The President shall include in the 
        review an assessment of whether the selected remedial action 
        remains protective after taking into account local natural 
        disasters and extreme weather hazards, including any projected 
        exacerbation or change in those disasters and hazards due to 
        climate change.''.
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