REFUSE DISPOSAL related term(s) Recycled materials

Bills and resolutions

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (see S. 492), S1930 [2MR] (see H.R. 1973), H2735 [28AP]

EPA: enforcement of Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada relative to importation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 2109), H2977 [4MY]

———establish a grant and fee program to encourage and promote the recycling of used computers and to promote the development of a national infrastructure for the recycling of used computers (see H.R. 425), H235 [26JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2719), H4141 [26MY]

Hazardous substances: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (see S. 730), S3278 [6AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: establish coordinated program for reuse, recycling, and disposal of obsolete computers and other electronic equipment used by legislative offices (see H. Con. Res. 299), H10226 [15NO]

Railroads: exclude solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board (see S. 1607), S9468 [29JY] (see H.R. 3577), H7559 [28JY]

Sewage disposal: ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage (see H.R. 1720), H2393 [20AP]

Solid waste: authorize States to regulate receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 70), H73 [4JA] (see H.R. 553), H350 [2FE]

———authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste (see H.R. 593), H352 [2FE]

———authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (see S. 1198), S6225 [8JN] (see H.R. 2491), H3693 [19MY]

———limit receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste (see H.R. 274), H137 [6JA]

———phase out incineration (see H.R. 1958), H2735 [28AP]

———prohibit importation of Canadian municipal solid waste without State consent (see S. 346), S1260 [10FE]

Taxation: allow a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see S. 181), S574 [26JA] (see H.R. 652), H411 [8FE]

———expand and extend the renewable resource credit and nonconventional source credit for landfill gas facilities (see S. 1078), S5531 [19MY]

———expand and extend the renewable resource credit for trash combustion facilities (see S. 1079), S5531 [19MY]

———modify and expand credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources and waste products (see S. 1229), S6404 [13JN]

Remarks in House

Camden County, NC: environmental impact of proposed landfill, H9540 [2NO]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (H.R. 1973), H2477 [26AP], H8922 [19OC], H9106 [26OC], H9279 [27OC], H9703-H9709 [7NO], E818 [28AP]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H418 [9FE], H1626 [17MR], H2190 [20AP], H3778, H3787, H3862, H3867 [24MY], H10061 [9NO]

McCandless Township Sanitary Authority: anniversary, E2333 [10NO]

Railroads: exclude solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board (H.R. 3577), E1714 [29JY]

Remarks in Senate

California Association of Sanitation Agencies: anniversary, S8548 [20JY]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (H.R. 1973), S13063 [16NO]

———make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs (S. 492), S1885-S1888 [2MR], S9424 [29JY], S10713 [29SE]

Hazardous substances: require powerplants, industrial plants, and incinerators to reduce mercury emissions (S. 730), S3312 [6AP], S3356 [7AP]

Railroads: exclude solid waste disposal from the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board (S. 1607), S9531, S9532 [29JY]

Solid waste: authorize States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste Between the U.S. and Canada (S. 1198), S6232-S6234 [8JN]

———prohibit importation of Canadian municipal solid waste without State consent (S. 346), S1273 [10FE]

Taxation: allow a credit for owning certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (S. 181), S591 [26JA]

———modify and expand credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources and waste products (S. 1229), S6417 [13JN]

Reports filed

International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2491) (H. Rept. 109-235), H8386 [27SE]

Water for the Poor Act: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 1973) (H. Rept. 109-260), H9425 [28OC]

Summaries

Omnibus Mercury Emissions Reduction Act (S. 730), S3313 [6AP]

Texts of

H.R. 1973, Water for the Poor Act, H9703-H9705 [7NO]

S. 346, Canadian Waste Import Ban Act, S1274 [10FE]

S. 492, Safe Water—Currency for Peace Act, S1932-S1934 [2MR]

S. 1198, International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act, S6232-S6234 [8JN]

S. 1229, Renewable Energy Incentives Act, S6417-S6419 [13JN]

S. 1607, Solid Waste Environmental Regulation Clarification Affecting Railroads Act, S9532 [29JY]