A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to raise the per-incident cap on removal actions.

Bill: 113-s-1958
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2014-01-16
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Government trust funds

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Pollution liability
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to raise from $2 million to $4 million the amount that may be obligated from the Hazardous Substance Superfund for a response action after which obligations may not continue unless certain criteria are met.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1958 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 16, 2014 Mr. Schatz (for himself and Mr. Rockefeller ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to raise the per-incident cap on removal actions.

1. Response authorities Section 104(c)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9604(c)(1) ) is amended by striking $2,000,000 and inserting $4,000,000 .