I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2279 
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act relating to review of regulations 
under such Act and to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 relating to financial 
responsibility for classes of facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2013 
Mr. GARDNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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 Solid Waste Disposal Act relating to review 
of regulations under such Act and to amend the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 relating to financial responsibility 
for classes of facilities. 
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 ‘‘Reducing Excessive 
Deadline Obligations Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. REVIEW OF REGULATIONS UNDER THE SOLID 
WASTE DISPOSAL ACT. 
Section 2002(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6912(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) REVIEW OF REGULATIONS.—The Administrator 
shall review, and revise, as the Administrator determines 
appropriate, regulations promulgated under this Act.’’. 
SEC. 3. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLASSES OF FA-
CILITIES UNDER CERCLA. 
Section 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9608(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than three years 
after the date of enactment of the Act, the 
President shall’’ and inserting ‘‘The President 
shall, as appropriate,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘first’’ after ‘‘for which re-
quirements will be’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘any one, or any combina-
tion, of the following:’’ and inserting ‘‘forms of 
security, including’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or qualification’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and qualification’’. 
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SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS REGARDING FINANCIAL RE-
SPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9608(b)) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(6) The President may not promulgate any financial 
responsibility requirement under this subsection without 
first submitting to Congress a report— 
‘‘(A) describing each facility or class of facilities 
to be covered by such requirement; 
‘‘(B) describing the development of such re-
quirement, why the facility or class of facilities pro-
posed to be covered by such requirement present the 
highest level of risk of injury, and why the facility 
or class of facilities is not already covered by ade-
quate financial responsibility requirements; 
‘‘(C) describing the financial responsibility re-
quirements promulgated by States or other Federal 
agencies for the facility or class of facilities to be 
covered by the financial responsibility requirement 
proposed under this subsection and explaining why 
the requirement proposed under this subsection is 
necessary; 
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‘‘(D) describing the exposure to the Fund for 
response costs resulting from the facility or class of 
facilities proposed to be covered; and 
‘‘(E) describing the capacity of the financial 
and credit markets to provide instruments of finan-
cial responsibility necessary to meet such require-
ment. 
The President shall update any report submitted under 
this paragraph to reflect any revision of the facilities or 
classes of facilities to be covered by a financial responsi-
bility requirement that is the subject of such report.’’. 
SEC. 5. PREEMPTION OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
Section 114(d) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9614(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) No owner or operator of a vessel or facility who 
establishes and maintains evidence of financial responsi-
bility associated with the production, transportation, 
treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous substances 
pursuant to financial responsibility requirements under 
any State law or regulation, or any other Federal law or 
regulation, shall be required to establish or maintain evi-
dence of financial responsibility under this title, unless the 
President determines, after notice and opportunity for 
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public comment, that in the event of a release, such other 
Federal or State financial responsibility requirements are 
insufficient to cover likely response costs under section 
104. Except as provided in this subsection, evidence of 
compliance with such other Federal or State financial re-
sponsibility requirements shall be accepted by the Presi-
dent in lieu of compliance with any requirement for finan-
cial responsibility promulgated under this title.’’. 
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