3.0.0 1867 2023-01-15T09:03:30Z 2023-01-15T09:03:30Z Senate S S 2003-11-14 108 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-11-14T17:17:42Z 2003-11-14 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2003-11-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14816-14817) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2003-11-14 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2003-11-14 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2003-11-14 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2003-11-14 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2004-05-12 False Environmental Protection Agriculture and Food Alcoholic beverages Auditing Beverage containers Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Consumer price indexes Environmental law enforcement Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Food industry Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Intellectual property Labeling Marketing Packaging Planning Recycling industry Retail trade Soft drink industry Standards Trademarks User charges Valuation Waste disposal sites Environmental Protection 00 2003-11-14 Introduced in Senate 2003-12-29T22:40:30Z Prohibits the sale of a beverage in a beverage container unless a clear refund value statement prominently appears on the container.

Requires each brand owner to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a recycling management plan subject to the Administrator's approval and a fee to cover administrative costs.

Requires sellers of beverages to collect from each purchaser at the time of sale a deposit no greater than a specified minimum refund value and pay the refund value upon container returns either in cash or in the form of a voucher.

Establishes a redemption rate performance standard and penalties for failure to achieve such rate. Requires arbitration to settle disputes between a brand owner and a return site.

Imposes penalties for violations of this Act.]]>

National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2003 Display Title National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to encourage greater recycling of certain beverage containers through the use of deposit refund incentives. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-11-14T05:00:00Z 2003-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.