SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 3157. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION REQUIREMENTS. It is the sense of Congress that— 110 STAT. 626 (1) an individual acting within the scope of that individual’s employment with a Federal agency should not be personally subject to civil or criminal sanctions (to the extent such sanctions are provided for by law) as a result of the failure to comply with an environmental cleanup requirement under the Solid Waste Disposal Act or the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or an analogous requirement under a comparable Federal, State, or local law, in any circumstance under which such failure to comply is due to an insufficiency of funds appropriated to carry out such requirement; (2) Federal and State enforcement authorities should refrain from an enforcement action in a circumstance described in paragraph (1); and (3) if funds appropriated for a fiscal year after fiscal year 1995 are insufficient to carry out any such environmental cleanup requirement, Congress should elicit the views of Federal agencies, affected States, and the public, and consider appropriate legislative action to address personal criminal liability in a circumstance described in paragraph (1) and any related issues pertaining to potential liability of a Federal agency.