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HR 5310 111th Congress House

Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2010

Official title: To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to reauthorize and improve the Brownfields revitalization program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 14, 2010 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Alternative and renewable resourcesEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHazardous wastes and toxic substances
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Industrial facilitiesIntergovernmental relationsLand use and conservationOil and gasPollution liabilityRural conditions and developmentSmall townsSoil pollutionState and local government operationsTax-exempt organizationsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
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May 14, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
May 13, 2010
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
May 13, 2010
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.
May 13, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
May 13, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 14, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2010 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to: (1) include nonprofit organizations within the meaning of "eligible entity" for purposes of brownfields revitalization funding; (2) increase the limit on the maximum amount of a grant for brownfields remediation for each site; (3) authorize the President to transfer any duties under the brownfield remediation grant program to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (4) revise eligibility requirements for brownfields revitalization funding; (5) require the Administrator to establish a program to provide multi-purpose grants to inventory, characterize, assess, conduct planning related to, or remediate brownfield sites in an area; (6) require the Administrator to establish a program to make competitive grants to be used at brownfield sites for projects that reduce environmental impact, increase community livability, and encourage sustainability; (7) authorize the Administrator to assign EPA employees to entities servings small, disadvantaged, or rural communities to build local capacity for the remediation and revitalization of brownfield sites in such communities; (8) increase and extend funding for brownfields revitalization; (9) require at least 7.5% of such funding to be used to carry out projects that reduce environmental impact, increase community livability, and encourage sustainability; and (10) increase and extend funding for state response programs established under such Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5310: Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5310/
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