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HR 3870 113th Congress House Environmental Protection Budget deficits and national debt Government trust funds Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Income tax rates Pollution liability Sales and excise taxes

Superfund Reinvestment Act

Introduced: January 14, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Became law
Jan 17, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Jan 15, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jan 14, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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.
Jan 14, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E68)
Jan 14, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Superfund Reinvestment Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to authorize the use of amounts in the Hazardous Substance Superfund for environmental cleanup costs authorized by such Act.

Provides that receipts and disbursements of the Hazardous Substance Superfund: (1) shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus, for purposes of the President's budget, the congressional budget, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010; (2) shall be exempt from any general budget limitations; and (3) shall be available only for the purposes specified in CERCLA.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate through December 31, 2023, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax and extend the borrowing authority of the Superfund through 2023.

What's happening now January 17, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 7