42 USC § 3221 - Brownfields redevelopment report

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s3221"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 3221 - Brownfields redevelopment report"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3221"
section_name: "Brownfields redevelopment report"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–136, title VI, § 611, as added Pub. L. 108–373, title VI, § 603(a), Oct. 27, 2004, 118 Stat. 1769.)"
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# § 3221. Brownfields redevelopment report

**(a)** **Definition of brownfield site** section 9601(39) of this title

In this section, the term “brownfield site” has the meaning given the term in .

**(b)** **Report**

**(1)** **In general** October 27, 2004

Not later than 1 year after , the Comptroller General shall prepare a report that evaluates the grants made by the Economic Development Administration for the economic development of brownfield sites.

**(2)** **Contents** The report shall—

**(A)** identify each project conducted during the previous 10-year period in which grant funds have been used for brownfield sites redevelopment activities; and

**(B)** include for each project a description of—

**(i)** the type of economic development activities conducted;

**(ii)** if remediation activities were conducted—

**(I)** the type of remediation activities; and

**(II)** the amount of grant money used for those activities in dollars and as a percentage of the total grant award;

**(iii)** the economic development and environmental standards applied, if applicable;

**(iv)** the economic development impact of the project;

**(v)** the role of Federal, State, or local environmental agencies, if any; and

**(vi)** public participation in the project.

**(3)** **Submission of report** The Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a copy of the report.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–136, title VI, § 611, as added Pub. L. 108–373, title VI, § 603(a), Oct. 27, 2004, 118 Stat. 1769.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3221, , , , related to employment of expediters and administrative employees, prior to repeal by , , .