3.0.0 6252 2023-01-11T13:21:33Z 2023-01-11T13:21:33Z House H HR 2010-09-29 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-09-29T14:10:05Z 2010-09-29 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2010-09-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-09-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 N T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 1 2010-09-29 True C001051 Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] John Carter R TX R. 31 2010-09-29 True L000570 Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] Ben Lujan D NM R. 3 2010-12-08 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative law and regulatory procedures Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Business records Computers and information technology Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Solid waste and recycling Trade restrictions Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2010-09-29 Introduced in House 2011-02-04T17:00:37Z Responsible Electronics Recycling Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) prohibit the export of restricted electronic waste to countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or the European Union (EU), or Liechtenstein; (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and promulgate procedures for identifying certain electronic equipment as well as additional restricted toxic materials contained in such equipment which poses a potential hazard to human health or the environment; and (3) establish criminal penalties for knowingly exporting restricted electronic waste in violation of this Act. Allows certain exceptions to such export ban.

Defines "restricted electronic waste" to include electronic equipment, such as computers, televisions, printers, copiers, video game systems, telephones, and similar used electronic products, that contain cathode ray tubes, batteries, switches, capacitors, and other parts containing lead, cadmium, mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls, chromium, beryllium, or other toxic ingredients.

]]> Responsible Electronics Recycling Act Display Title Responsible Electronics Recycling Act Official Title as Introduced To prohibit the export from the United States of certain electronic waste, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Responsible Electronics Recycling Act Introduced in House 2010-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr6252ih/xml/BILLS-111hr6252ih.xml 2010-09-29 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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.