S 347 119th Congress
Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025
A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to reauthorize brownfields revitalization funding, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 6.
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Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
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Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
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Committee on Environment and Public Works. Committee consideration held. Business Meeting printed. S. Hrg. 119-267.
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Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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| IntroductionIntroduced | Introduced in the Senate. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionIntroduced in Senate | No additional detail supplied.IntroReferral · Library of Congress · Code 10000 | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionIntroduced in Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 6. | No additional detail supplied.Calendars · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Library of Congress · Code 14000 | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Committee consideration held. Business Meeting printed. S. Hrg. 119-267. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Official actionCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | No additional detail supplied.Committee · Senate | Congress.gov | |
| Text versionReported to Senate | A dated text-version record is available. | Congress.gov |
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Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025This bill extends through FY2030 and modifies the Brownfields Program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The Brownfields Program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants and technical assistance to states, communities, tribes, and other entities to assess, clean up, and reuse contaminated properties.First, the bill expands eligibility for Brownfields Program resources to tax-exempt organizations defined under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, which are organizations that are not organized for profit and do not provide net earnings to private shareholders or individuals (e.g., chambers of commerce).Additionally, the billincreases to $1 million the maximum grant amount that the EPA may provide for brownfield remediation per site,removes the 5% cap that a grant recipient may use for administrative costs,reduces the cost-sharing requirement for grant recipients from 20% to 10%,requires the EPA to waive cost-sharing requirements for grant recipients located in small communities or disadvantaged areas,authorizes the use of grants by a state or Indian tribe for the implementation of a response program,modifies the criteria used to rank grant applications by requiring the consideration of whether the applicant has a plan to engage a diverse set of local groups and organizations that represent the views of the local community directly affected by the proposed brownfield project, andrequires the EPA to report on and update application ranking criteria and the approval process.
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- Reported to SenateFeb 5, 2025
- Introduced in SenateJan 30, 2025