Brownfields Revitalization & Land Redevelopment

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2002-01-11 — Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act : Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (2002, enacted) — foundational statute amending CERCLA to exempt small-volume and municipal-solid-waste contributors from Superfund response-cost liability and establishing federal brownfields assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment grant authorities that later reauthorizations extend. (novelty: 3)
2026-02-02 — Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025: HR6432 (Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025) introduced and referred to House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment to reauthorize federal brownfields assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment authorities; incremental continuation of existing program. (novelty: 2)
2026-05-14 — Brownfields Revitalization for a Better Tomorrow Act: HR8739 (Brownfields Revitalization for a Better Tomorrow Act) advanced by subcommittee voice vote as a vehicle to support cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated brownfield sites; incremental extension of existing brownfields policy rather than a new regulatory pathway. (novelty: 2)