youth and service conservation corps, and neighbor-
hood associations which can increase citizen partici-
pation in the design of the cleanup programs, rede-
sign of the rehabilitated sites and/or assist in the de-
sign and implementation of the restoration of the
environment including wetlands and waterways.
(7) LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘local
government’’ means the governing body of a political
subdivision of a State, except that such term in-
cludes an Indian tribe.
(8) SITE ASSESSMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘brownfield
site assessment’’ means activities authorized
under section 104(b) of the Comprehensive En-
vironmental Response, Compensation and Li-
ability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(b)) includ-
ing marketing analysis or such other activities
as may be necessary or appropriate to plan and
direct a response action. A brownfield site as-
sessment shall include—
(i) an onsite evaluation; and
(ii) sufficient testing, sampling, and
other field-data-gathering activities to ac-
curately determine whether the brownfield
site is contaminated and the threats to
human health and the environment posed
by the release of hazardous substances,
pollutants, 
or 
contaminants 
at 
the
brownfield site; and
(B) may include—
(i) review of such information regard-
ing the brownfield site and previous uses
as is available at the time of the review;
and
(ii) an offsite evaluation, if appro-
priate.
TITLE I—BROWNFIELD REMEDI-
ATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL
CLEANUP
SEC. 101. INVENTORY, ASSESSMENT, AND TRAINING GRANT
PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish
a program to award grants to local governments and local
citizen’s organizations to inventory brownfield sites, to
conduct brownfield site assessments, and to provide train-
ing and support to residents of the affected community
and local citizens in the assessment and cleanup and relat-
ed activities with respect to brownfield sites and associated
waterways and wetlands. Public participation in the pro-
gram shall be provided for, encouraged, and assisted by
the Administrator. The Administrator shall develop and
publish minimum guidelines for demonstrating meaningful
community involvement in establishing the inventory, as-
sessment, and training program.
(b) SCOPE OF PROGRAM.—
(1) GRANT AWARDS.—To carry out subsection
(a), the Administrator may, on approval of an appli-
cation, provide grants to a local government or a
local citizen’s organization.
(2) GRANT APPLICATION.—An application for a
grant under this section shall include, to the extent
practicable, each of the following:
(A) An identification of the potential
brownfield sites for which assistance is sought
and a description of the effect of the brownfield
sites on the community, including a description
of the nature and extent of any known or sus-
pected environmental contamination within the
sites.
(B) A description of the need of the appli-
cant for financial assistance to inventory
brownfield sites, to conduct site assessments,
and to provide training and support to residents
of the affected community and local citizens in
brownfield site cleanup.
(C) A demonstration of the potential of the
grant assistance to stimulate economic develop-
ment (including the creation of jobs for local
citizens, job training programs or the use of ex-
isting job training programs, such as youth con-
servation or service corps programs) or creation
of recreational areas, including the extent to
which the assistance will stimulate the availabil-
ity of other funds for site assessment, site iden-
tification, or environmental remediation and
subsequent redevelopment of the areas in which
eligible brownfield sites are situated primarily
for nonresidential uses.
(D) A description of the local commitment
as of the date of the application, which shall in-
clude a community involvement plan that dem-
onstrates meaningful community involvement,
including the training to residents of the af-
fected 
community 
and 
local 
citizens 
in
brownfield site cleanup.
(E) An identification of the brownfield
sites that have associated rivers and streams,
and, for those sites, a description of the poten-
tial for involving local citizens in restoring those
rivers and streams, including the training and
participation of local citizens to perform the
restoration work.
(F) An identification of low-income areas,
empowerment zones, and enterprise commu-
nities in areas where brownfield sites are situ-
ated.
(G) A plan that shows how the site assess-
ment, site identification, or environmental re-
mediation and subsequent development will be
implemented, including—
(i) an environmental plan that ensures
the use of sound environmental procedures,
including nonstructural approaches to re-
mediation;
(ii) an explanation of the appropriate
government authority and support for the
project as in existence on the date of the
application;
(iii) proposed funding mechanisms for
any additional work; and
(iv) a proposed land ownership plan.
(H) A statement on the long-term benefits
and the sustainability of the proposed project
that includes—
(i) the ability of the project to be rep-
licated nationally and measures of success
of the project; and
(ii) to the extent known, the potential
of the plan for each area in which an eligi-
ble brownfield site is situated to stimulate
economic development of the area or cre-
ation of recreational areas which contrib-
ute to the ecological integrity of the site on
completion of the environmental remedi-
ation.
(I) Such other factors as the Administrator
considers relevant to carry out this title.
(3) APPROVAL OF APPLICATION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—In making a decision
whether to approve an application under this
subsection, the Administrator shall—
(i) consider the need of the local gov-
ernment for financial assistance to carry
out this section;
(ii) consider the ability of the appli-
cant to carry out an inventory, site assess-
ment, and training under this section;
(iii) consider the extent to which the
applicant will involve residents of the af-
fected community and local citizen’s orga-
nizations in carrying out this section;
(iv) consider the proximity of, and
give priority to, predominantly low-income
and under-developed industrial areas;
(v) give a priority to approving appli-
cations that propose the creation of jobs or
job training programs or use existing job
training programs; and
(vi) give a priority to those applica-
tions involving projects and activities for
brownfield sites located within any em-
powerment zone or enterprise community
(as such terms are defined in section
1393(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986).
Not less than 25 percent of the grants under
this section shall be allocated to the priority
specified in clause (vi).
(B) GRANT CONDITIONS.—As a condition
of awarding a grant under this section, the Ad-
ministrator—
(i) shall require the recipient of the
grant to notify the State in which the re-
cipient is located of the receipt of the
grant;
(ii) shall require the recipient of the
grant to submit a report under subsection
(d) on local citizen involvement; and
(iii) may, on the basis of the criteria
considered under subparagraph (A), attach
such other conditions to the grant as the
Administrator determines appropriate.
(4) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant
awarded to any local government under subsection
(a) for inventory, site assessment, and training for
cleanup of one or more brownfield sites shall not ex-
ceed $200,000, unless the Administrator determines
that an application warrants a larger amount in
order to achieve particularly significant environ-
mental and economic benefits and the applicant has
submitted information to the Administrator regard-
ing the reasons for a grant in excess of such
amount. Not less than 30 percent of the grants
made under this section in any fiscal year shall be
made to local citizen’s organizations.
(5) TERMINATION OF GRANTS.—If the Admin-
istrator determines that a local government or local
citizen’s organization that receives a grant under
this subsection is in violation of a condition of a
grant referred to in paragraph (3)(B), the Adminis-
trator may terminate the grant made to the local
government or local citizen’s organization and re-
quire full or partial repayment of the grant.
(6) 
AUTHORITY
TO
AWARD
GRANTS
TO
STATES.—The Administrator may award a grant to
a State under the program established under this
section if the Administrator determines that a grant
to the State is necessary in order to facilitate the re-
ceipt of funds by one or more local governments or
local citizen’s organizations that otherwise do not
have the capabilities, such as personnel and other re-
sources, to manage grants under the program.
(c) STATE INVENTORIES.—Within 2 years after the
enactment of this Act, each State shall submit to the Ad-
ministrator such information as the Administrator shall,
by rule, require regarding brownfield sites within that
State. Based on such information, within 3 years after the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall compile a
National Brownfields Registry. If a State fails to comply
with the rules promulgated under this subsection, no grant
may be made under section 713 for a brownfield site in
that State.
(d) REPORT ON LOCAL CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT.—
Each recipient of a grant awarded under the program es-
tablished under this section shall submit to the Adminis-
trator, not later than one year after receipt of the grant,
a report on the extent to which local citizen’s organiza-
tions have been contracted with to assist in carrying out
the projects funded by the grant, including a statement
of the percentage of the grant funds used to involve local
citizens in carrying out such projects.
SEC. 112. GRANTS FOR REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall
establish a program to award grants to be used by
local governments to capitalize revolving loan funds
for the cleanup of brownfield sites, associated prop-
erties, and rivers, and streams affected by contami-
nation from such sites.
(2) LOANS.—The loans may be provided by the
local government to finance cleanups by the local
government, or by an owner or a prospective pur-
chaser 
(including 
a 
local 
government) 
of 
a
brownfield site, including associated properties, riv-
ers, and streams affected by contamination from
such site, at which a cleanup is being conducted or
is proposed to be conducted.
(b) SCOPE OF PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) GRANTS.—In carrying out subsection
(a), the Administrator may award a grant to a
local government that submits an application to
the Administrator that is approved by the Ad-
ministrator.
(B) USE OF GRANT.—The grant shall be
used by the local government to capitalize a re-
volving loan fund to be used for cleanup of one
or more brownfield sites, including associated
properties, rivers, and streams affected by con-
tamination from such sites.
(C) GRANT APPLICATION.—An application
for a grant under this section shall be in such
form as the Administrator determines appro-
priate. At a minimum, the application shall in-
clude each of the following:
(i) Evidence that the grant applicant
has the financial controls and resources to
administer a revolving loan fund in accord-
ance with this title.
(ii) Provisions that ensure each of the
following:
(I) The grant applicant has the
ability to monitor the use of funds
provided to loan recipients under this
title.
(II) Any cleanup conducted by
the recipient of grant funds will be
protective of human health and the
environment.
(III) There will be notice to the
affected community in local media and
full and meaningful public participa-
tion in the selection of criteria for any
cleanup by the affected community
(including a public meeting and op-
portunity for written comments).
(IV) Any cleanup funded under
this Act will comply with a State vol-
untary cleanup law that is the subject
of a memorandum of understanding
with the Environmental Protection
Agency and with all other laws that
apply to the cleanup.
(iii) Identification of the criteria to be
used by the local government in providing
for loans under the program. The criteria
shall include the financial standing of the
applicants for the loans, the use to which
the loans will be put, the provisions to be
used to ensure repayment of the loan
funds, and the following:
(I) A complete description of the
financial standing of the applicant
that includes a description of the as-
sets, cash flow, and liabilities of the
applicant.
(II) A written statement that at-
tests that the cleanup of the site
would not occur without access to the
revolving loan fund.
(III) The proposed method, and
anticipated period of time required, to
clean up the environmental contami-
nation at the brownfield site.
(IV) An estimate of the proposed
total cost of the cleanup to be con-
ducted at the brownfield site.
(V) 
An 
analysis 
that 
dem-
onstrates 
the 
potential 
of 
the
brownfield site for stimulating eco-
nomic development (including the cre-
ation of jobs for local citizens, or job
training programs, or the use of exist-
ing job training programs, such as
youth conservation or service corps
programs) or creation of recreational
areas, including the extent to which
the assistance will stimulate the avail-
ability of other funds for site assess-
ment, site identification, or environ-
mental remediation and subsequent
redevelopment of the areas in which
eligible brownfield sites are situated
primarily for nonresidential uses.
(VI) An analysis that dem-
onstrates the potential for involving
local citizens in the cleanup of the
brownfield site.
(iv) Identification of the brownfield
sites that have associated rivers and
streams, and, for those sites, a description
of the potential for involving local citizen’s
organizations in restoring those rivers and
streams, including the training and partici-
pation of local citizens to perform the res-
toration work.
(v) Identification of low-income areas,
empowerment zones, and enterprise com-
munities that overlay with the brownfield
sites.
(2) GRANT APPROVAL.—In determining wheth-
er to award a grant under this section, the Adminis-
trator shall consider—
(A) the need of the local government or
local citizen’s organization for financial assist-
ance to clean up brownfield sites that are the
subject of the application, taking into consider-
ation the financial resources available to the
local government;
(B) the ability of the local government or
local citizen’s organization to ensure that the
applicants repay the loans in a timely manner;
(C) the extent to which the cleanup of the
brownfield site or sites would reduce health and
environmental risks caused by the release of
hazardous substances, pollutants, or contami-
nants at, or from, the brownfield site or sites;
(D) the demonstrable potential of the
brownfield site or sites for stimulating economic
development or creation of recreational areas on
completion of the cleanup;
(E) the demonstrated ability of the local
government or local citizen’s organization to ad-
minister such a loan program;
(F) the demonstrated experience of the
local government or local citizen’s organization
regarding brownfield sites and the reuse of con-
taminated land, including whether the govern-
ment has received any grant under the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601
et seq.) to assess brownfield sites, except that
applicants who have not previously received
such a grant may be considered for awards
under this section;
(G) the experience of administering any
loan programs by the entity, including the loan
repayment rates;
(H) the demonstrations made regarding
the ability of the local government or local citi-
zen’s organizations to ensure a fair distribution
of grant funds among brownfield sites;
(I) the extent to which the applicant will
involve 
local 
citizens 
in 
the 
cleanup 
of
brownfield sites;
(J) consider the proximity of, and give pri-
ority to, predominantly low-income and under-
developed industrial areas;
(K) give a priority to approving applica-
tions that propose the creation of jobs or job
training programs or use existing job training
programs;
(L) give a priority to those applications in-
volving projects and activities for brownfield
sites located within any empowerment zone or
enterprise community (as such terms are de-
fined in section 1393(b) of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986); and
(M) such other factors as the Adminis-
trator considers relevant to carry out this sec-
tion.
(3) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant
made to an applicant under this section shall not ex-
ceed $500,000, unless the Administrator determines
that an application warrants a larger amount in
order to achieve particularly significant environ-
mental and economic benefits and the applicant has
submitted information to the Administrator regard-
ing the reasons for a grant in excess of such
amount.
(4) REVOLVING LOAN FUND APPROVAL.—Each
application for a grant to capitalize a revolving loan
fund under this section shall, as a condition of ap-
proval by the Administrator, include a written state-
ment by the local government that cleanups to be
funded under the loan program of the local govern-
ment shall be conducted under the auspices of, and
in compliance with, the State voluntary cleanup pro-
gram or State Superfund program or Federal au-
thority.
(c) GRANT AGREEMENTS.—Each grant under this
section for a revolving loan fund shall be made pursuant
to a grant agreement. At a minimum, the grant agreement
shall include provisions that ensure the following:
(1) COMPLIANCE WITH LAW.—The local govern-
ment will include in all loan agreements a require-
ment that the loan recipient shall comply with all
laws applicable to the cleanup and shall ensure that
the cleanup is adequate over the long term to protect
human health and the environment, including chil-
dren, the elderly, asthmatics, individuals with auto
immune disorders, and other highly exposed, highly
susceptible or differentially susceptible subpopula-
tions.
(2) REPAYMENT.—The local government will
require repayment of the loan consistent with this
title.
(3) USE OF FUNDS.—The local government will
use the funds solely for purposes of establishing and
capitalizing a loan program in accordance with this
title and of cleaning up the environmental contami-
nation at the brownfield site or sites.
(4) REPAYMENT OF FUNDS.—The local govern-
ment will require in each loan agreement, and take
necessary steps to ensure, that the loan recipient will
use the loan funds solely for the purposes stated in
paragraph (3), and will require the return of any ex-
cess funds immediately on a determination by the
appropriate local official that the cleanup has been
completed.
(5) NONTRANSFERABILITY.—The funds will not
be transferable, unless the Administrator agrees to
the transfer in writing.
(6) LIENS.—
(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, the
terms ‘‘security interest’’ and ‘‘purchaser’’ have
the meanings given the terms in section
6323(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
has been perfected under applicable State
or tribal law before the notice has been
filed in the appropriate office of the State,
county, or other governmental subdivision,
as designated by State or tribal law, in
which the real property accounts or other
assets subject to the lien are located.
(7) NOTICE TO STATE.—The local government
will notify the State in which the local government
is located of the receipt of the grant and of the iden-
tity of recipients of loans made under the revolving
loan fund.
(8) REPORT
ON
LOCAL
CITIZEN
INVOLVE-
MENT.—The local government will submit a report
under subsection (f) on local citizen involvement.
(d) AUDITS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Inspector General of
the Environmental Protection Agency shall audit a
portion of the grants awarded under this section to
ensure that all funds are used for the purposes set
forth in this section.
(2) FUTURE GRANTS.—The result of the audit
shall be taken into account in awarding any future
grants to the local government.
(e) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS TO STATES.—
The Administrator may award a grant to a State under
the program established under this section at the request
of a local government in the State if the Administrator
determines that a grant to the State is necessary in order
to facilitate the receipt of funds by one or more local gov-
ernments that otherwise do not have the capabilities, such
as personnel and other resources, to manage grants under
the program.
(f) REPORT ON LOCAL CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT.—
Each recipient of a grant awarded under the program es-
tablished under this section shall submit to the Adminis-
trator, not later than one year after receipt of the grant,
a report on the extent to which local citizen’s organiza-
tions have been contracted with to assist in projects fund-
ed by loans made under the revolving loan fund, including
a statement of the percentage of the grant funds used to
involve local citizens in carrying out such projects.
SEC. 113. ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
(a) EXPENDITURES
FROM
THE
SUPERFUND.—
Amounts in the Hazardous Substance Superfund estab-
lished by section 9507 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 shall be made available consistent with, and for the
purposes of carrying out, the grant programs established
under sections 101 and 112.
(b) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated from the Hazardous Sub-
stance Superfund for grants to local governments under
sections 101 and 112, $150,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 1999 through 2003.
SEC. 114. REPORTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the
date of enactment of this Act, and not later than January
31 of each of the 3 calendar years thereafter, the Adminis-
trator shall prepare and submit a report describing the
results of each program established under this title to—
(1) the Committees on Commerce and on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report shall, with
respect to each of the programs established under this
title, include a description of—
(1) the number of applications received by the
Administrator during the preceding calendar year;
(2) the number of applications approved by the
Administrator during the preceding calendar year;
and
(3) the allocation of assistance under sections
101 and 112 among the local governments.
SEC. 115. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.
(a) EXCLUDED FACILITIES.—(1) A grant for site in-
ventory and assessment under section 101 or to capitalize
a revolving loan fund under section 112 may not be used
for any activity involving—
(A) a facility or portion of a facility that is the
subject of a response action (including a facility or
portion of a facility with respect to which a record
of decision, other than a no-action record of deci-
sion, has been issued) under the Comprehensive En-
vironmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), unless a pre-
liminary assessment, site investigation, or response
action has been completed at such facility or portion
of a facility and the President has decided not to
take further response action at such facility or por-
tion of a facility;
(B) a facility included, or proposed for inclu-
sion, on the National Priorities List maintained by
the President under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.);
(C) an NPL-caliber facility, as defined in para-
graph (2);
(D) a facility that is subject to corrective action
under section 3004(u) or 3008(h) of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6924(u) or 6928(h)) to
which a corrective action permit or order has been
issued or modified to require the implementation of
corrective measures;
(E) any land disposal unit with respect to which
a closure notification under subtitle C of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.) has
been submitted and closure requirements have been
specified in a closure plan or permit;
(F) a facility at which there has been a release
of a polychlorinated biphenyl and that is subject to
the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601
et seq.);
(G) a facility with respect to which an adminis-
trative or judicial order or decree requiring cleanup
has been issued or entered into by the President
under—
(i) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.);
(ii) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.);
(iii) the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.);
(iv) the Toxic Substances Control Act (15
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.); or
(v) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42
U.S.C. 300f et seq.);
(H) the portion of a facility at which assistance
for response activities may be obtained under sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C.
6991 et seq.) from the Leaking Underground Stor-
age Tank Trust Fund established by section 9508 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
(I) a facility owned or operated by a depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States, except for land held in trust by the United
States for an Indian tribe.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘NPL-
caliber facility’’ means a facility for which the President,
in consultation with the State concerned, has prepared or
is preparing a hazardous ranking system scoring package
or that satisfies such other definition as the Administrator
may promulgate by regulation. The term does not include
a facility for which the President—
(A) has obtained a score under the hazardous
ranking system; and
(B) based on that score, has made a determina-
tion not to list on the National Priorities List.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the President
may, on a facility-by-facility basis, allow a grant under
section 101 or section 112 to be used for an activity in-
volving any facility listed in subparagraph (D), (E), (F),
(G)(ii), (G)(iii), (G)(iv), (G)(v), (H), or (I) of paragraph
(1). In the case of a facility listed in subparagraph (I),
the President may use the authority in the preceding sen-
tence only if the facility is not a facility described in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (G)(i).
(b) COST-SHARING.—A grant made under this title
may not be used to pay any fine or penalty owed to a
State or the Federal Government, or to meet any Federal
cost-sharing requirement.
(c) OTHER LIMITATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available to a
local government under the grant programs estab-
lished under section 101 shall be used only to inven-
tory and assess brownfield sites as authorized by
this title. Funds made available to a local govern-
ment under the grant programs established under
section 112 shall be used only for capitalizing a re-
volving loan fund as authorized by this title.
(2) RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLEANUP ACTION.—
Funds made available under this title may not be
used to relieve a local government of the commit-
ment or responsibilities of the local government
under State law to assist or carry out cleanup ac-
tions at brownfield sites.
SEC. 116. SITING OF TSD FACILITIES.
Section 104(c)(9) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) SITING.—The President shall not provide any
remedial actions pursuant to this section or section 127
unless the State in which the release occurs prohibits the
issuance of new permits for facilities for the treatment,
storage, and disposal of hazardous waste at facilities lo-
cated with 5,000 feet of any school, body of water cur-
rently used, or potentially available, or a source of drink-
ing water, residential dwelling, or hospital.’’.
SEC. 117. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.
Nothing in this title changes, modifies, or otherwise
affects the liability of any person or the obligations im-
posed or authorities provided under any other law or regu-
lation, including—
(1) the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.);
(2) the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C.
6901 et seq.);
(3) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.);
(4) the Toxic Substances Control Act (15
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.); and
(5) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C.
300f et seq.).
SEC. 118. REGULATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may issue
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this title.
(b) PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS.—The regulations
shall include such procedures and standards as the Admin-
istrator considers necessary, including procedures and
standards for evaluating an application for a grant or loan
submitted under this title.
SEC. 119. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) SITE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.—There is author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out section 101
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2001.
(b) ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out section 112 $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999
through 2001.
(c) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
ENHANCEMENT OF STATE VOLUNTARY RESPONSE PRO-
GRAMS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to pro-
vide assistance to States to develop or enhance State vol-
untary response programs $30,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 1999 through 2001. If a State fails to comply with
the rules promulgated under this subsection (c) of section
101, no grant may be made under this subsection for a
State voluntary response program in that State.
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The amounts appro-
priated under this section shall remain available until ex-
pended.
SEC. 120. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRA-
TION.
Section 311(c) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42
U.S.C. 9660) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESEARCH AND RE-
SPONSE ACTIVITIES.—(1) The Administrator is author-
ized to conduct and support, through grants, cooperative
agreements, contracts and research, demonstrations, sur-
veys, and technical assistance, with respect to the detec-
tion, assessment, remediation, and evaluation of the ef-
fects on and risks to human health and the environment
from hazardous substances.
‘‘(2) The Administrator may award grants and coop-
erative agreements under this section to a State, tribe,
consortium of tribes or interstate agency, municipality,
education institution, or other agency or local citizen’s or-
ganization for the development and implementation of
training, technology transfer, and information dissemina-
tion programs to strengthen environmental response ac-
tivities, including enforcement, at the Federal, State, trib-
al, and local levels. The Administrator may establish such
requirements for such grants and cooperative agreements
as he or she determines to be appropriate. The Adminis-
trator may award such grants and cooperative agreements
using funds appropriated under this Act.’’.
SEC. 121. ASSISTANCE FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING.
Section 117 of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42
U.S.C. 9660) is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following:
‘‘(f)(1) The Administrator shall carry out a program
to provide financial assistance for brownfields workforce
training programs in communities that contain brownfield
sites.
‘‘(2) Assistance provided under this subsection may
include—
‘‘(A) expansion of environmental training and
curriculum development at colleges and youth con-
servation and service corps facilities located near
brownfields sites;
‘‘(B) establishment of environmental education
and training centers, such as youth service or con-
servation corps or other community-based job train-
ing organizations; and
‘‘(C) such other activities as the Administrator
considers appropriate.
‘‘(3) The Administrator may provide grants and such
other forms of assistance under this subsection as the Ad-
ministrator considers appropriate.’’.
SEC. 122. WORKER TRAINING AND EDUCATION GRANTS.
Section 111(c)(12) (42 U.S.C. 9611(c)(12)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and section 117(f) of this
Act’’ after ‘‘of 1986’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$15,000,000’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘,
1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003’’.
SEC. 123. USE OF THE SUPERFUND FOR NATURAL RE-
SOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended as
follows:
(1) Section 9507(c)(1)(A)(i) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(4)’’ after ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2),’’.
(2) Section 9507(c)(1)(A)(ii) is amended by
striking ‘‘other than paragraphs (1) and (2) there-
of.’’.
(3) Section 9507(c)(1)(A)(i) is amended by
striking ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (6) of’’.
TITLE 
II—DEPARTMENT 
OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL-
OPMENT 
BROWNFIELD
GRANTS
SEC. 201. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS IN CONNEC-
TION 
WITH 
COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT
LOAN GUARANTEES.
Section 108(q) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308(q)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall,
to the extent amounts are made available pur-
suant to subparagraph (F) and applications are
approved under this paragraph, make grants
under this paragraph to eligible public entities
for projects for the cleanup and economic rede-
velopment of brownfield sites. The provisions of
paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection
shall apply to grants under this paragraph and
the requirements under this paragraph shall be
in addition to the requirements under para-
graphs (1) through (4).
‘‘(B) 
ELIGIBLE
RECIPIENTS.—Grants
under this paragraph may be made only to eli-
gible public entities requesting guarantees
under subsection (a) for notes or other obliga-
tions to finance a project involving eligible ac-
tivities under subparagraph (C).
‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITIES.—Assistance
under this paragraph may be used only for the
purposes of and in conjunction with projects
and activities for the economic redevelopment of
brownfield sites.
‘‘(D) SELECTION CRITERIA.—
‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL
CRITERION.—The
criteria for awarding assistance under this
paragraph shall include the extent to which
the applicant has developed an approach or
process for the cleanup and redevelopment
of brownfield sites and is coordinating such
program with appropriate environmental
regulatory agencies.
‘‘(ii) PRIORITY.—In awarding such
assistance, the Secretary shall give priority
to eligible entities meeting the selection cri-
teria (established pursuant to paragraph
(4) and clause (i)) and proposing a plan
involving 
projects 
and 
activities 
for
brownfield sites located within any em-
powerment zone or enterprise community
(as such terms are defined in section
1393(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986).
‘‘(E) COORDINATION WITH EPA.—The Sec-
retary shall consult and coordinate with the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency in providing assistance under this para-
graph and establishing selection criteria under
subparagraph (D) to ensure that activities as-
sisted with amounts provided under this para-
graph are consistent and coordinated with ef-
forts of such Agency and other agencies and or-
ganizations 
to 
clean 
up 
and 
redevelop
brownfield sites.
‘‘(F) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this
paragraph, the term ‘brownfield site’ means a
parcel of land that contains or contained aban-
doned or under-used commercial or industrial
facilities, the expansion or redevelopment of
which may be complicated by the presence or
potential presence of hazardous substances, pol-
lutants, or contaminants.
‘‘(G) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For grants under this paragraph, there
is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years
1999 through 2001.’’.
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