H.R. 1596: Superfund Reinvestment Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-15 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Superfund Reinvestment Act

Plain summary

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 until December 31, 2018, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax and extend the borrowing authority of the Superfund through 2021.

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Official text

Superfund Reinvestment Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · 15 cosponsors

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Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1596.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1596 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112