H.R. 4087: CLEANUP Act
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H.R. 4087: CLEANUP Act
116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-26 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
CLEANUP Act
Plain summary
CERCLA Liability Expansion and Accountability for Negligent and Unjust Pollution Act or the CLEANUP Act This bill includes petroleum products under the definition of hazardous substances for purposes of Superfund, the program that directs and funds the cleanup of sites contaminated with hazardous substances. Additionally, the release of a petroleum product shall be considered as a release under Superfund if liability for such release is established by any other federal law. Per the bill, a petroleum product is petroleum or oil of any kind, in any form, or any fraction thereof, and includes fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · 3 cosponsors
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Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr4087.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr4087 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116