HR 1831 · 107th Congress · Environmental Protection

Small Business Liability Protection Act

Introduced 2001-05-15· Sponsored by Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5]· House

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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.(2001-06-13)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2001-05-22
Roll #134
Yea 419Nay 0
Democrats
202 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
215 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2001-05-22
Roll #134
Yea 419Nay 0
Democrats
202 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
215 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Small Business Liability Protection Act - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide (with exceptions) that persons shall be liable for response costs at a National Priorities List (NPL) facility as non-owners or operators only if the total of material containing a hazardous substance that the business arranged for disposal, transport, or treatment of, or accepted for transport, was greater than 110 gallons of liquid material or 200 pounds of solid material. Applies this exemption only to activities taking place before April 1, 2001. Exempts a person from liability for response costs (with exceptions) at a NPL facility for municipal solid waste (MSW) as a non-owner or operator if the person is an owner, operator, or lessee of residential property from which all of the person's MSW was generated, or a certain small business or small charitable tax-exempt organization that generated all its MSW, with respect to the facility concerned. Makes nongovernmental entities that commence a contribution action liable to the defendant for all reasonable costs of defending the action if the defendant is not liable based on the above-descri…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act

May 17, 2001

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 16, 2001</p>

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H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act

May 17, 2001

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 17, 2001</p>

Full CBO report ↗

H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act

May 17, 2001

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 16, 2001

Full CBO report ↗

H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act

May 17, 2001

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 17, 2001

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (20)

10 Democrats10 Republicans