[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6325 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6325

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
   establish a plan to reduce the total amount of packaging used on 
                consumer products in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2008

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
   establish a plan to reduce the total amount of packaging used on 
                consumer products in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Packaging Reduction Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. PACKAGING REDUCTION.

    (a) National Consumer Product Packaging Reduction Goal.--There is 
hereby established a national consumer product packaging reduction goal 
to reduce the total amount of packaging used on consumer products in 
the United States to an amount that is at least 30 percent below the 
amount used on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Plan.--As soon after the enactment of this Act as is 
practicable, the Administrator shall develop and implement a plan to 
meet the national consumer product packaging reduction goal within 10 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act. The plan shall 
include each of the following:
            (1) Methods of meeting the national consumer product 
        packaging reduction goal.--Methods of meeting the national 
        consumer product packaging reduction goal.
            (2) Methods of measurement.--Methods of measuring the 
        effectiveness of the plan in meeting the national consumer 
        product packaging reduction goal.
    (c) Regulations.--The Administrator shall, after giving the public 
adequate notice and an opportunity for comment, prescribe regulations 
to carry out this Act.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Consumer product; packaging.--The terms ``consumer 
        product'' and ``packaging'' shall have such meaning as the 
        Administrator may prescribe by rule.
            (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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