COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT

Bills and resolutions

Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3291 [6JN]

Hazardous substances: require a public availability of the accounting of all funds used, or required to be used, in response to release of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 5532), H6982 [2OC]

Recycled materials: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 3788), H561 [26FE]

Taxation: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 2596), S5205 [6JN]

———extend Superfund, oil spill liability, and leaking underground storage tank taxes (see S. 2944), S8673 [17SE]

———reinstate Superfund and oil spill excise taxes and extend leaking underground storage tank taxes (see H.R. 4060), H1089 [20MR]

Letters

Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act: several organizations, H3098 [4JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HUD: facilitate the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields (H.R. 2941), H3095-H3099 [4JN], E967 [6JN]

Ecology and environment: amend to ensure full Federal compliance, H1195 [10AP]

———reinstatement of EPA Superfund tax, H4412-H4416 [9JY], E451 [9AP], E561 [17AP]

Remarks in Senate

Ecology and environment: evaluation of Bush Administration policies, S5320-S5323, S5340 [11JN]

———promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (S. 350), S11556, S11557 [19NO]

Hazardous substances: continuation of Superfund trust fund for cleanup of toxic waste sites, S5340 [11JN]

Taxation: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (S. 2596), S5208, S5209 [6JN], S5320 [11JN], S6434-S6436 [9JY]

Reports filed

Brownfield Site Redevelopment Assistance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1079) (S. Rept. 107-244), S8091 [3SE]

Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2941) (H. Rept. 107-448), H2234 [8MY]

Texts of

H.R. 2941, Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act, H3095 [4JN]