To direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide for collaboration between the Economic Development Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to promote economic revitalization efforts of environmentally contaminated sites, and for other purposes.

On April 9, 2026, Representative Haley Stevens (D-MI) introduced H.R. 8238, the RESTART Communities Act. The bill directs the Secretary of Commerce and the EPA Administrator to coordinate interagency activities between the Economic Development Administration and the EPA to promote economic revitalization of environmentally contaminated sites (brownfields) before, during, and after remediation. The bill is authorization-only — it sets policy direction but includes no appropriation of funds. It has been referred to three committees (Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce) and is in early legislative stages with no committee hearings or markups reported. The single cosponsor is Rep. Frank Mrvan (D-IN). No companion bill has been introduced in the Senate. Because the bill authorizes zero dollars and imposes no binding requirements on private entities, there is no direct mechanism affecting any publicly traded company's revenue or cost structure. Brownfield redevelopment generally benefits engineering and environmental remediation firms (e.g., Tetra Tech ($TTEK), Montrose Environmental ($MEG)), but this bill merely directs a memorandum of understanding between two federal agencies. It does not appropriate funds, mandate cleanup, or create incentives like tax credits or grants. Without appropriation, the coordination directive has no binding economic effect. The legislative path remains long: committee consideration, potential markup, House floor vote, Senate introduction and passage, then presidential action. Given early-stage status, zero funding authorization, and no direct private-sector obligations, the impact score is 1.