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House Bill 1444
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2023
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Introduced in House on Mar 8, 2023
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H. R. 1444 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1444


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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 8, 2023

Mr. Cleaver (for himself, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Brown, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Lee of California, and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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

A BILL

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 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 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2023”.

SEC. 2. Climate change mitigation.

Section 121 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9621) is amended—

(1) in subsection (b)(1), in the fifth sentence—

(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “account:” and inserting “account—”;

(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking “and” at the end;

(C) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(D) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:

“(H) the potential threat to human health and the environment associated with local natural disasters and extreme weather hazards, including any projected exacerbation or change in those disasters and hazards due to climate change.”; and

(2) in subsection (c), by inserting after the first sentence the following: “The President shall include in the review an assessment of whether the selected remedial action remains protective after taking into account local natural disasters and extreme weather hazards, including any projected exacerbation or change in those disasters and hazards due to climate change.”.