To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to add States to the governmental entities eligible for reimbursement for emergency removal actions and to clarify authority to take such actions at illicit drug laboratories.

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Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to make States affected by a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance from a facility eligible to apply for reimbursement for expenses incurred in carrying out emergency response actions, including the cleanup of illicit drug laboratories. (Currently, only local governments are eligible for such reimbursement.) Limits the amount of State reimbursement and prohibits the combination of amounts allowed for States and local governments for any single response action. Makes the Hazardous Substance Superfund available for State reimbursements.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 5 August 1994

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  Introduced in House · EN · 5 August 1994

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 5 August 1994

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