Brownfields Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-336
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Affordable housing
Armed Forces and National Security
Brownfields
Capital investments
Commerce
Community development
Depressed areas
Dislocated workers
Diversification in industry
Economic development
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal installations
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
Hazardous wastes
Housing and Community Development
Industrial pollution
Infrastructure
Internal migration
Labor and Employment
Land use
Loans
Military base closures
Minorities
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Planning
Plant shutdowns
Population
Poverty
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public-private partnerships
Real estate development
Revolving funds
Skilled labor
Social Welfare
Taxation
Unemployment
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Brownfields Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Commerce to coordinate activities relating to the redevelopment of brownfield sites and the promotion of eco-industrial development under such Act with other Federal agencies, States, local governments, consortia of local governments, Indian tribes, nonprofit organizations, and public-private partnerships.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for projects to alleviate or prevent conditions of excessive unemployment, underemployment, blight, and infrastructure deterioration associated with brownfield sites through projects involving: (1) the development of public facilities or services; (2) business development; (3) the development of affordable housing; (4) planning; (5) technical assistance; (6) training; and (7) the purchase of environmental insurance with respect to certain of these activities.
 
Sets forth grant criteria. Authorizes assistance under this Act for activities identified by a community, the economy of which is injured by one or more brownfield sites.
 
Authorizes appropriations for brownfield site redevelopment grants for FY 2006 through 2010.
 
Limits the Federal share of costs for activities funded by such grants to 75 percent of the total.
 
Defines "brownfield site" by reference to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) as real property the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (subject to certain exclusions), and with respect to which an entity has received or is eligible to receive CERCLA funding for site characterization, assessment, or remediation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House