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Environmental Protection Agency: Appropriations for FY2006

Description: Early in the first session, the 109th Congress eliminated the Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies appropriations subcommittee and moved funding jurisdiction for the Environmental Protection Agency to the Interior subcommittee. As enacted in August 2005, Title II of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2006 provided $7.73 billion for the EPA, subject to an across-the-board rescission of 0.476%. This report reflects the fin… more
Date: January 20, 2006
Creator: Esworthy, Robert & Bearden, David
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Brownfields Tax Incentive Extension

Description: The brownfields tax incentive expired on December 31, 2005. Enacted in 1997, the provision allowed a taxpayer to fully deduct the costs of environmental cleanup in the year the costs were incurred, rather than spreading the costs over a period of years. The provision was adopted to stimulate the cleanup and developers of less seriously contaminated sites by providing a benefit to taxpaying developers of brownfield properties. This report contains information on the background of brownfields, su… more
Date: October 17, 2006
Creator: Reisch, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Brownfields in the 109th Congress

Description: The Brownfields Act authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for the assessment and cleanup of sites that pose a less serious threat to human health and the environment than sites addressed by the Superfund program. The authorization expired on September 30, 2006. In the 109th Congress, a reauthorization bill, H.B. 5810, was reported from the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 28, 2006, but went no further. This report contains information on the … more
Date: September 8, 2006
Creator: Reisch, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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