BUILD Act
Latest action · Jun 5, 2014 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 416.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2013 or the BUILD Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to include among entities eligible for brownfields revitalization funding: (1) tax-exempt charitable organizations, (2) limited liability corporations in which all managing members or the sole members are tax-exempt charitable organizations, (3) limited partnerships in which all general partners are tax-exempt charitable organizations or limited liability corporations whose sole members are such organizations, or (4) qualified community development entities.
(Sec. 3) Requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide multipurpose grants to carry out inventory, characterization, assessment, planning, or remediation activities at brownfield sites.
(Sec. 4) Revises the brownfield site characterization and assessment grant program to permit a governmental entity to receive a grant for property acquired prior to January 11, 2002, even if the governmental entity does not qualify as a bona fide prospective purchaser under CERCLA if the entity has not caused or contributed to a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance at the property.
(Sec. 5) Increases the maximum amount the President may provide in grants and loans for brownfield remediation.
(Sec. 6) Allows grant or loan recipients to use up to 8% of brownfields revitalization funding for administrative costs, excluding costs for investigating and identifying the extent of the contamination, designing and performing a response action, or monitoring a natural resource.
(Sec. 7) Directs the EPA to give priority to small communities, Indian tribes, rural areas, and disadvantaged areas when providing grants for technical assistance, research, and training.
(Sec. 8) Requires the EPA, in providing grants for brownfields revitalization, to give consideration to waterfront brownfield sites.
(Sec. 9) Requires the EPA to establish a program to provide grants to locate clean energy projects at brownfield sites.
(Sec. 10) Authorizes the Administrator to provide up to $2 million each fiscal year to provide grants for state response programs.
(Sec. 11) Extends the authorizations of brownfields revitalization and state response programs through FY2016.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2013 to Sep 27, 2013, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Mar 7, 2013 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Mar 7, 2013 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Mar 7, 2013 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Jul 24, 2013 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Jul 24, 2013 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jul 24, 2013 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jul 24, 2013 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jul 24, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jul 29, 2013 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Sep 27, 2013 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2014Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with amendments. With written report No. 113-186.
- Jun 5, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 416.
- Apr 3, 2014Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Mar 7, 2013Introduced in Senate
- Mar 7, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2896 | BUILD Act | Identical bill | Aug 2, 2013 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental Protection
- Floods and storm protection
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Housing and community development funding
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Land use and conservation
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Pollution liability
- Rural conditions and development
- Small towns
- Tax-exempt organizations
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 5, 2014Reported to Senate
- Mar 7, 2013Introduced in Senate
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