3.0.0 840 2022-02-03T05:54:27Z 2022-02-03T05:54:27Z Senate S S 2011-04-14 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Re-Referred to 2011-05-18T22:36:42Z ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2011-05-18T22:34:23Z Referred to 2011-04-14T20:40:09Z 2011-05-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Rereferred to Senate Committee on Finance by Unanimous Consent. IntroReferral 2011-05-18 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2011-05-18 Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee 2011-04-14 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2011-04-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2011-04-14 True Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Business records Department of Homeland Security Government information and archives Motor carriers Solid waste and recycling User charges and fees Environmental Protection 00 2011-04-14 Introduced in Senate 2011-07-21T18:01:33Z Stop Canadian Trash Act - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to charge and collect a $500 fee for the provision of customs services for the arrival of a truck that is transporting foreign municipal solid waste.

Defines "municipal solid waste" to mean waste materials discarded for disposal by households or that were generated by commercial, institutional, municipal, or industrial sources, excluding certain hazardous waste, separated recyclable materials, waste being used solely as feedstock for alternative energy production, segregated medical waste, and solid waste generated incident to the provision of service in interstate, intrastate, foreign, or overseas air transportation.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to require each importer of foreign municipal solid waste to provide, with respect to each truck carrying such waste into U.S. customs territory, the cubic feet, specific type, and content of such waste.

Establishes a civil penalty for each failure to provide or falsification of information required by this Act.

]]> Stop Canadian Trash Act Short Titles as Introduced Stop Canadian Trash Act Display Title Stop Canadian Trash Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish customs user fees for commercial trucks transporting foreign municipal solid waste, and for other purposes. Reference Change Senate 2011-05-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s840rcs/xml/BILLS-112s840rcs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-04-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s840is/xml/BILLS-112s840is.xml 2011-05-18 Rereferred to Senate Committee on Finance by Unanimous Consent. 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.