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‘‘(8) 
CONTRACT
COSTS
UNDER
SECTION
104(a)(1).—The costs of contracts or arrangements
entered into under section 104(a)(1) to oversee and
review the conduct of remedial investigations and
feasibility studies undertaken by persons other than
the President and the costs of appropriate Federal
and State oversight of remedial activities at National
Priorities List sites resulting from consent orders or
settlement agreements.
‘‘(9) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND
DEM-
ONSTRATION COSTS UNDER SECTION 311.—The cost
of carrying out section 311 (relating to research, de-
velopment, and demonstration).
‘‘(10) AWARDS UNDER SECTION 109.—The costs
of any awards granted under section 109(d) (relat-
ing to providing information concerning violations).
‘‘(11) COMPREHENSIVE STATE GROUND WATER
PROTECTION PLANS.—Costs of providing assistance
to States to develop comprehensive State ground
water protection plans to the extent such costs do
not exceed $3,000,000 in a fiscal year.
‘‘(e) 
LIMITATIONS
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
CLAIMS.—No money in the Fund may be used for the pay-
ment of any claim under subsection (c)(6) where such ex-
penses are associated with injury or loss resulting from
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long-term exposure to ambient concentrations of air pol-
lutants from multiple or diffuse sources.
‘‘(f) OTHER LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) LIMITATIONS ON PAYMENTS OF CLAIMS.—
Claims against or presented to the Fund shall not
be valid or paid in excess of the total unobligated
balance in the Fund at any one time. Such claims
become valid and are payable only when additional
money is collected, appropriated, or otherwise added
to the Fund. Should the total claims outstanding at
any time exceed the current balance of the Fund,
the President shall pay such claims, to the extent
authorized under this section, in full in the order in
which they were finally determined.
‘‘(2) 
REMEDIAL
ACTIONS
AT
FEDERALLY
OWNED FACILITIES.—No money in the Fund shall
be available for costs of remedial action, other than
costs specified in subsection (d), with respect to fed-
erally owned facilities; except that money in the
Fund shall be available for the provision of alter-
native water supplies (including the reimbursement
of costs incurred by a municipality) in any case in-
volving ground water contamination outside the
boundaries of a federally owned facility in which the
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federally owned facility is not the only potentially re-
sponsible party.
‘‘(3) REMEDIAL ACTIONS AT FACILITIES NOT
LISTED ON NPL.—No money in the Fund shall be
available for response actions that are not removal
actions under section 101(23) with respect to any
facility that is not listed on the National Priorities
List.’’.
(b) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECTION
111.—Section 111 (42 U.S.C.
9611) is further amended by striking subsections (j)
and (n).
(2) SECTION
107.—Section 107 (42 U.S.C.
9607) is amended by striking subsection (k).
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 112 (42
U.S.C. 9612) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘111(a)’’ and
inserting ‘‘111(c)’’; and
(2) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘111(c)(1) or
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘111(c)(6)’’.
SEC. 602. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM
GENERAL REVENUES.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 111(p)(1) (42 U.S.C.
9611(p)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to the Hazardous Substance
Superfund $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2000 through 2007. In addition, there is authorized
to be appropriated to the Hazardous Substance
Superfund for each fiscal year an amount equal to
so much of the aggregate amount authorized to be
appropriated under this subsection as has not been
appropriated before the beginning of the fiscal year
involved.’’.
(b) REPEAL
OF DUPLICATIVE AUTHORIZATION.—
Subsection (b) of section 517 of the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9507
note) is hereby repealed.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9507(a)(2)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 517(b) of the Superfund Revenue Act of
1986’’ and inserting ‘‘section 111(p) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9611(p))’’.
SEC. 603. COMPLETION OF NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST.
(a) STUDY OF 10-YEAR FUNDING NEEDS FOR IM-
PLEMENTING CERCLA.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $1,000,000 for an independent analysis of the
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projected 10-year costs to the Environmental Protection
Agency of implementing the programs authorized by the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980. Such analysis shall include esti-
mates of annual and cumulative costs over the next 10
years associated with administering such Act by the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, shall identify sources of un-
certainty in the estimates, and shall be completed by Jan-
uary 1, 2001.
(b) BREAKDOWN OF COSTS.—The study referred to
in subsection (a) shall include estimates of the following:
(1) Costs for completion of all non-Federal fa-
cilities currently on the National Priorities List.
(2) Costs for completion of all Federal facilities
currently on the National Priorities List.
(3) Costs associated with those non-Federal
sites which the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency expects to be added to the Na-
tional Priorities List over the next 10 years.
(4) Costs associated with those Federal facili-
ties which the Administrator expects to be added to
the National Priorities List over the next 10 years.
(5) Costs for operations and maintenance at fa-
cilities currently on, or anticipated to be added over
the next 10 years to, the National Priorities List.
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(6) Costs associated with reviews of remedies
under section 121(c) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, and any follow-up activities.
(7) Costs for removal activities.
The study shall not include costs associated with imple-
menting section 127 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.
(c) ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDUCT STUDY.—The cost
analysis under subsection (a) shall be conducted by a neu-
tral, nongovernmental organization with expertise in the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980. In conducting the analysis, the
nongovernmental organization shall collect relevant infor-
mation from experts and other interested persons, includ-
ing experts in public budgeting and accounting.
TITLE VII—REVENUES
SEC. 701. SENSE OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
It is the sense of the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that—
(1) the environmental taxes, taxes on chemicals,
and taxes on petroleum that provide revenues to the
Hazardous Substance Superfund be reinstated for
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the period beginning January 1, 2000, and ending
December 31, 2007;
(2) the rate of tax and combination of taxes re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) be commensurate with
the revenue needs, based on the amounts made
available from the Hazardous Substance Superfund
pursuant to section 111 of the Comprehensive Envi-
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended by this Act; and
(3) the taxes that provide revenues to the Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund may be reauthorized at
a lower rate, and may decline over time, subject to
meeting the requirements of paragraph (2).
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