[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 699 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 699

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants for the purchase 
                        of recycling equipment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 1993

 Mr. Volkmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants for the purchase 
                        of recycling equipment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR RECYCLING EQUIPMENT.

    (a) Grant Program.--Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6941 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 4011. GRANTS FOR RECYCLING EQUIPMENT.

    ``(a) Authority.--The Administrator may award grants to persons for 
the purpose of purchasing recycling equipment, as defined in subsection 
(b).
    ``(b) Recycling Equipment Defined.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `recycling equipment' means any equipment 
        which is used exclusively--
                    ``(A) to sort and prepare solid waste for 
                recycling, or
                    ``(B) in the recycling of solid waste.
            ``(2) The term `recycling equipment' does not include--
                    ``(A) any equipment used in a process after the 
                first marketable product is produced, or
                    ``(B) in the case of recycling iron or steel, any 
                equipment used to reduce the waste to a molten state 
                and in any process thereafter.
            ``(3) Any equipment used in the recycling of material which 
        includes some virgin materials shall not be treated as failing 
        to meet the exclusive use requirements of paragraph (1) if the 
        amount of such virgin materials is 10 percent or less.
            ``(4) The term `recycling equipment' includes any equipment 
        which is used in the conversion of solid waste into a fuel or 
        into useful energy such as steam, electricity, or hot water.
    ``(c) Application.--A grant may not be awarded under this section 
unless an application is submitted to, and approved by, the 
Administrator. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and 
manner, and contain such information, as the Administrator by 
regulation prescribes.
    ``(d) Contribution by Grant Recipient.--Each recipient of a grant 
under this section shall be required, as a condition of the grant, to 
contribute at least 75 percent of the costs of the recycling equipment 
for which the grant is made.
    ``(e) Amount of Grant.--The amount of any grant under this section 
may not exceed $500,000 for a single grant recipient.
    ``(f) Regulations.--The Administrator shall promulgate regulations 
to administer grants under this section.
    ``(g) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The table of contents for subtitle D of 
such Act (contained in section 1001 of such Act) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 4011. Grants for recycling equipment.''.

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