[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 779 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 779

  To require the allocation of certain surface transportation program 
             funds for the purchase of recycled materials.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 23, 1999

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the allocation of certain surface transportation program 
             funds for the purchase of recycled materials.

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

SECTION. 1. ALLOCATION OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE 
              PURCHASE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 133(d) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) For purchase of recycled materials.--10 percent of 
        the funds apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(3) for 
        the surface transportation program for a fiscal year shall only 
        be available for the purchase of recycled materials.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations to 
carry out the amendment made by subsection (a).
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