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HR 2085 101th Congress House Environmental Protection Finance and Financial Sector Foreclosure Hazardous waste disposal Liability for toxic substances pollution damages Savings and loan associations Savings banks Trusts and trustees

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to limit the liability under that Act of commercial lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure or similar means and corporate fiduciaries administering estates or trusts.

Introduced: April 25, 1989 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 8, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Apr 25, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 25, 1989
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the term "owner or operator" does not include: (1) commercial lending institutions (banks, savings and loan associations, and trust companies) which acquire property to realize a security interest; and (2) a corporate fiduciary with legal title to property in order to administer an estate or trust.

What's happening now May 8, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.

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