S 2183 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Superfund Polluter Pays Restoration Act of 2021

Summary
Superfund Polluter Pays Restoration Act of 2021 This bill (1) reinstates the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate beginning 60 days after enactment of this bill; (2) increases such rate from 9.7 cents to 17.2 cents per barrel of crude oil (adjusted for inflation after 2021); (3) reinstates and increases the rates of tax on taxable chemicals (adjusted for inflation after 2021); and (4) modifies the definition of crude oil to include any bitumen or bituminous mixture, any oil derived from such mixture (including oil derived from tar sands), and any oil derived form kerogen-bearing sources (including oil derived from oil shale). The bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to allow the use of the Superfund for environmental remediation without further appropriation.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 22, 2021 Last action Jun 22, 2021
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jun 22, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Jun 22, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors