RECYCLING related term(s) Ecology and Environment

Bills and resolutions

America Recycles Day: observance (see S. Res. 422), S6605 [14NO]

Bureau of Reclamation: establish a grant program for funding of water recycling and reuse projects (see H.R. 1162), H1580 [13FE]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a smart water resource management pilot program (see H.R. 2019), H2985 [2AP]

Drought: authorize funding for water recycling projects in areas experiencing severe, extreme, or exceptional drought (see H.R. 5302), H9255 [4DE]

EPA: award grants for projects that are consistent with zero-waste practices (see H.R. 4050), H7466 [25JY]

——— control exports of electronic waste to ensure that such waste does not become the source of counterfeit goods that may reenter U.S. military and civilian electronics supply chains (see S. 2448), S5360 [9SE] (see H.R. 3559), H5256 [27JN]

——— establish a consumer recycling education and outreach grant program (see S. 2941), S6755 [21NO]

——— establish a voluntary program to reduce emissions from wood heaters (see S. 2274), S5107 [25JY] (see H.R. 5391), H10123 [11DE]

——— establish Recycling Infrastructure Program (see H.R. 5115), H8908 [15NO]

National Park Service: encourage recycling, reduction, or possible elimination of disposable plastic bottles in units of the National Park System (see H.R. 4236), H7535 [6SE]

Remanufacturing Day: designate (see H. Res. 303), H3256 [10AP]

Taxation: expand exclusion for certain conservation subsidies to include subsidies for water conservation or efficiency measures and storm water management measures (see H.R. 2313), H3264 [12AP]

Remarks in House

Conway, AR: Arkansas Recycling Coalition Recycling Education Program of the Year award recipient, H7236 [23JY]

EPA: develop national recycling strategy in order to reduce contamination of recycling system, H4337 [5JN]

Global Recycling Day: observance, E297 [13MR]

National Recycling Day: observance, H8906 [15NO]

Remarks in Senate

America Recycles Day: observance (S. Res. 422), S6597–S6600, S6614 [14NO]

Ecology and environment: benefits of recycling to the environment, S6597–S6600 [14NO]

Refuse disposal: improve international waste management systems and prevent and reduce plastic waste and marine debris, S6663 [19NO]

Texts of

S. Res. 422, America Recycles Day, S6611 [14NO]