[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3633 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3633

 To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to improve a provision relating 
 to Federal procurement of recycled materials to reduce greenhouse gas 
                               emissions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 2010

 Mr. Carper (for himself and Ms. Snowe) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to improve a provision relating 
 to Federal procurement of recycled materials to reduce greenhouse gas 
                               emissions.

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

SECTION 1. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT OF RECYCLED MATERIALS TO REDUCE 
              GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

    Section 6002(c) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6962(c)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(1) After the date'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--After the date'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (4) and (5);
            (3) in paragraph (1)(C)--
                    (A) by inserting ``subject to paragraph (3),'' 
                before ``are only available''; and
                    (B) by striking the last sentence; and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Relationship to bureau of standards guidelines.--Any 
        determination under paragraph (1)(B) shall be made on the basis 
        of the guidelines of the Bureau of Standards in any case in 
        which the material is covered by those guidelines.
            ``(3) Unreasonable price restriction.--For a product 
        containing at least 25 percent recovered materials, a price in 
        the amount of not more than 110 percent of the bid price of the 
        highest-ranked competing product containing zero or de minimis 
        recovered materials shall not be considered an unreasonable 
        price under paragraph (1)(C).''.
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