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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
115TH CONGRESS J REPT. 115-303
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
BROWNFIELDS ENHANCEMENT, ECONOMIC
REDEVELOPMENT, AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2017
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. WALDEN, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3017]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 3017) to amend the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to reauthorize
and improve the brownfields program, and for other purposes, hav-
ing considered the same, report favorably thereon without amend-
ment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 1
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
C om m ittee A ction ................................................................................................... 3
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Oversight Findings and Recommendations .......................................................... 3
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 4
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 4
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 5
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 6
Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............................. 6
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings .................................................................... 6
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 6
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 6
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 8
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
The purpose of H.R. 3017 is to amend the Comprehensive Envi-
ronmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) to
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