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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 2893
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the consideration of climate change,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
Mr. SCHUMER (for Ms. HARRIS) 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, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the
consideration of climate change, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preparing Superfund
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for Climate Change Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION.
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Section 121 of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
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sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42
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U.S.C. 9621) is amended—
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•S 2893 IS
(1) in subsection (b)(1), in the fifth sentence—
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
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(A), by striking ‘‘account:’’ and inserting ‘‘ac-
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count—’’;
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(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking
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‘‘and’’ at the end;
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(C) in subparagraph (G), by striking the
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period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(D) by inserting after subparagraph (G)
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the following:
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‘‘(H) the potential threat to human health
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and the environment associated with local nat-
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ural disasters and extreme weather hazards, in-
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cluding any projected exacerbation or change in
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those disasters and hazards due to climate
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change.’’; and
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(2) in subsection (c), by inserting after the first
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sentence the following: ‘‘The President shall include
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in the review an assessment of whether the selected
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remedial action remains protective after taking into
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account local natural disasters and extreme weather
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hazards, including any projected exacerbation or
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change in those disasters and hazards due to climate
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change.’’.
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