COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA)

Bills and resolutions

Ecology and environment: reauthorize brownfields revitalization funding (see S. 2959), S4720 [27SE]

EPA: designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances under CERCLA (see H.R. 6805), H6984 [14DE]

——— require potential threats to human health and environment relative to natural disasters and hazards due to climate change be incorporated into any plans to clean-up Superfund sites (see H.R. 1444), H1205 [8MR]

Forest Service: use Superfund toxic waste remediation funds to address environmental damages caused by trespass cannabis cultivation and increase criminal penalties for use of illegal pesticides on Federal lands (see H.R. 1473), H1206 [8MR]

Hazardous substances: exempt certain entities from liability relative to releases of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (see S. 1427, 1429, 1430, 1432, 1433), S1504 [3MY]

Taxation: eliminate certain excise taxes on certain taxable chemicals and substances (see S. 1195), S1255 [19AP] (see H.R. 6454), H5899 [17NO]

——— eliminate lead oxide, antimony, and sulfuric acid used as inputs in lead batteries as taxable chemicals under Superfund excise taxes (see H.R. 1594), H1285 [14MR]

——— extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 6438), H5892 [15NO]

——— terminate Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate (see S. 1942), S2070 [13JN] (see H.R. 3678), H2636 [25MY]

Reports filed

CERCLA Brownfields Revitalization Funding Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2959), S4718 [27SE]