BUILD Act
Latest action · Jul 1, 2016 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedJun 2, 2015
- Passed SenateJun 27, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2015 or the BUILD Act
This bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to revise programs and funding regarding brownfields. (Brownfields are certain commercial properties that are hindered from reuse or redevelopment due to the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.)
(Sec. 2) The bill makes certain nonprofit organizations and community development entities eligible for brownfields revitalization funding.
(Sec. 3) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must establish a program to provide multipurpose grants to carry out inventory, characterization, assessment, planning, or remediation activities at brownfield sites.
(Sec. 4) The brownfield site characterization and assessment grant program is revised by authorizing eligible governmental entities to receive grants for property that was acquired before January 11, 2002, even if the entities do not qualify as bona fide prospective purchasers.
(Sec. 5) The bill increases the cap on the amount that may be given in grants and loans for each site to be remediated.
(Sec. 7) The EPA must establish a grant program that provides training, research, and technical assistance to facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation. (Currently, the EPA may provide funding for this purpose.) The bill authorizes the EPA to use up to a specified amount of the funding made available for the grant program on grants to assist small communities, Indian tribes, rural areas, or disadvantaged areas. (A small community is one with a population of no more than 15,000 individuals and a disadvantaged area has an annual median household income that is less than 80% of the state-wide annual median household income.)
(Sec. 8) The EPA must give consideration to waterfront brownfield sites located adjacent to bodies of water or federally designated floodplains when providing brownfield grants.
(Sec. 9) The EPA must establish a program to provide grants to: (1) carry out inventory, characterization, assessment, planning, feasibility analysis, design, or remediation activities to locate a clean energy project at brownfield sites; and (2) capitalize a revolving loan fund for those purposes. A clean energy project means: (1) a facility that generates renewable electricity from wind, solar, or geothermal energy; and (2) any energy efficiency improvement project at a facility.
(Sec. 11) The bill: (1) reauthorizes through FY2018 and revises brownfields revitalization funding, and (2) reauthorizes through FY2018 state and tribal response programs (programs responding to brownfields).
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 2, 2015 to Jun 13, 2016; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Jun 2, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jun 2, 2015 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jun 2, 2015 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Jun 2, 2015 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Jun 2, 2015 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Feb 1, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Mar 1, 2016 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Mar 1, 2016 | |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | May 18, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jun 6, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Jun 13, 2016 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jun 2, 2015Hearings Mar 2, 2016Markup May 18, 2016Reported Jun 14, 2016 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 1, 2016 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jul 1, 2016 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 1, 2016Received in the House.
- Jul 1, 2016Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jun 28, 2016Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jun 27, 2016Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4585-4586; text as passed Senate: CR S4585-4586)
- Jun 14, 2016Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. With written report No. 114-276.
- Jun 14, 2016Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.
- May 18, 2016Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 2, 2016Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-349.
- Jun 2, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Jun 2, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4585Text printed S4585 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Jun 27, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 14, 2016S. 1479, Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2015As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on May 18, 2016
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-353 | BUSINESS MEETING139 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | May 18, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-140 | EPA'S BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM: EMPOWERING CLEANUP AND ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT120 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Apr 21, 2016 |
| S. Hrg. 114-349 | ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FROM LAND CLEANUP PROGRAMS AND LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON S. 1479, BROWNFIELDS UTILIZATION, INVESTMENT, AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2015, S. 2446, IMPROVING COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS REGULATION ACT OF 2016 AND DISCUSSION DRAFT OF GOOD SAMARITAN CLEANUP OF ORPHAN MINES ACT OF 2016224 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Mar 2, 2016 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 822 | BUILD Act | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 7, 2017 |
| S 2012 | Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 8, 2016 |
| HR 4463 | Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2016 | Related bill | Feb 5, 2016 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to modify provisions relating to grants, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- BUILD Act
- Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- BUILD Act
- Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2015
- BUILD Act
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
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- 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 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 1, 2016Referred in House
- Jun 27, 2016Engrossed in Senate
- Jun 14, 2016Reported to Senate
- Jun 2, 2015Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
