To clarify the effect of State statutes of repose on the required commencement date for actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.

H.R. 4993 · 113th Congress · Jun 26, 2014 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 309 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9658) is amended—

(1)

in the subsection heading of subsection (a), by inserting “and Repose” after “Statutes of Limitations”; and

(2)

by inserting “or repose” after “limitations” each of the other places it appears.

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Jun 26, 2014viewing Introduced in House Mr. Butterfield (for himself, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Dingell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Judiciary, 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