I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6405 
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 to provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront 
brownfields, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 
Ms. SLAUGHTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and Rules, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide grants 
for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Waterfront Brown-
fields Revitalization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WATERFRONT BROWNFIELDS GRANT. 
Section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9604(k)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(12) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (4) and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (5) 
and (6)’’; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) GRANTS FOR WATERFRONT BROWNFIELDS 
REVITALIZATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs 
(5) and (6), the President shall establish a pro-
gram to provide grants to eligible entities or 
nonprofit organizations to be used at one or 
more waterfront brownfields sites. 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Such grants may 
be used for reuse planning, site characterization 
and assessment, or remediation at waterfront 
brownfields sites, including the integration of 
activities related to the design and implementa-
tion of water quality improvements, low impact 
development approaches, green infrastructure, 
remediation and management of sediments, or 
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flood 
damage 
prevention 
associated 
with 
brownfields remediation and reuse. 
‘‘(C) WATERFRONT
BROWNFIELDS
SITE 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘waterfront 
brownfields site’ means a brownfields site any 
part of which is adjacent to a body of water.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5)(A) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (1) of this section) by inserting after 
clause (ii) the following: 
‘‘(iii) 
WATERFRONT
BROWNFIELDS 
REVITALIZATION.—A grant made to an eli-
gible entity or nonprofit organization 
under paragraph (4) may not exceed 
$500,000.’’; 
(5) in paragraph (7)(A) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (1) of this section) by inserting ‘‘water-
front brownfields revitalization,’’ after ‘‘community 
involvement,’’; and 
(6) by striking paragraph (13) (as redesignated 
by paragraph (1) of this section) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(13) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
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to carry out this subsection $220,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017. 
‘‘(B) USE
OF
CERTAIN
FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts made available under subparagraph 
(A) for a fiscal year $55,000,000, or, if the 
amount 
made 
available 
is 
less 
than 
$220,000,000, 25 percent of the amount made 
available, shall be used for site characterization, 
assessment, and remediation of facilities de-
scribed in section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II). 
‘‘(C) WATERFRONT
BROWNFIELDS
REVI-
TALIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary for 
waterfront brownfields revitalization grants 
under paragraph (4).’’. 
SEC. 3. TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency shall establish and serve 
as chairperson of a task force on waterfront brownfields 
revitalization. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the task force shall 
include representatives who have expertise in waterfronts 
or brownfields revitalization, including representatives 
from the following: 
(1) The Environmental Protection Agency. 
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ing the findings of the task force on improving waterfront 
brownfields revitalization. 
SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives an annual report on the implementation of the 
brownfield site characterization and assessment grant pro-
gram authorized by section 104(k) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)). 
(b) COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During each year, the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives shall each hold a hearing on the 
annual report submitted by the Administrator under 
subsection (a). 
(2) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.— 
The provisions of paragraph (1) are enacted— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
of the House of Representatives, and, as such, 
they shall be considered as part of the rules of 
the House, and such rules shall supersede any 
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other rule of the House only to the extent that 
rule is inconsistent therewith; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of the House to change such rules 
(so far as relating to the procedure in the 
House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
to the same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of the House. 
Æ 
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