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On the recordJanuary 10, 2020
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, after line 15, insert the following new subsection: (c) Review.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing a review of actions by the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up contamination of the substances designated pursuant to subsection (a). (2) Matters included.-- The report under paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of cleanup progress and effectiveness, including the following: (A) The number of sites where the Environmental Protection Agency has acted to remediate contamination of the substances designated pursuant to subsection (a). (B) Which types of chemicals relating to such substances were present at each site and the extent to which each site was contaminated. (C) An analysis of discrepancies in cleanup between Federal and non-Federal contamination sites. (D) Any other elements the Administrator may determine necessary. (3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the following: (A) The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. (B) The Committee on the Environment and Public Works of the Senate. The Acting CHAIR.…
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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