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S 3164 111th Congress Senate

Polluter Pays Restoration Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend financing of the Superfund.

Introduced: March 25, 2010 See on congress.gov
Taxation Government trust fundsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesIncome tax ratesPollution liabilitySales and excise taxes
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Mar 25, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 25, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 25, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Polluter Pays Restoration Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by reinstating until January 1, 2017, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax.
 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 832 Related bill Superfund Polluter Pays Act
  • S 3125 Related bill Superfund Polluter Pays Act
  • HR 564 Related bill Superfund Reinvestment Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Apr 29, 2010
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Mar 25, 2010
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 25, 2010
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 25, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3164: Polluter Pays Restoration Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3164/
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"S. 3164: Polluter Pays Restoration Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3164/.
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S. 3164, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3164/.
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