S 347 · 119th Congress · Environmental Protection
Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 6.(2025-02-05)
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Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025 This bill extends through FY2030 and modifies the Brownfields Program under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The Brownfields Program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants and technical assistance to states, communities, tribes, and other entities to assess, clean up, and reuse contaminated properties. First, the bill expands eligibility for Brownfields Program resources to tax-exempt organizations defined under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, which are organizations that are not organized for profit and do not provide net earnings to private shareholders or individuals (e.g., chambers of commerce). Additionally, the bill increases to $1 million the maximum grant amount that the EPA may provide for brownfield remediation per site, removes the 5% cap that a grant recipient may use for administrative costs, reduces the cost-sharing requirement for grant recipients from 20% to 10%, requires the EPA to waive cost-sharing requirements for grant recipients located in small communities or disadvantaged areas, authorizes the use of grant…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeS. 347, Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025
Feb 25, 2025As reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on February 5, 2025
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