REFUSE DISPOSAL related term(s) Recycled materials; Sewage Disposal

Bills and resolutions

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

Crime: prohibit unlawful disposal in landfills or navigable waters of fetal remains resulting from an abortion (see H.R. 671), H718 [17JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: offer persistent poverty counties and political subdivisions of such counties the opportunity to have rural development loans restructured (see H.R. 2228), H3253 [10AP]

Dept. of Energy: establish a program for interim storage of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel (see H.R. 3136), H4342 [5JN]

——— prioritize acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from decomissioned or decommissioning nuclear reactors in high population areas with high earthquake hazard (see H.R. 2995), H4163 [23MY]

Dept. of the Navy: take leading role in mitigation of cross-border spills, discharges, and debris in the Tijuana River that impact national security interests (see H. Res. 511), H7241 [23JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: use on-site regulated medical waste treatment systems at certain facilities (see H.R. 1962), H2915 [28MR]

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]

International relations: improve international waste management systems and prevent and reduce plastic waste and marine debris (see H.R. 4636), H8110 [11OC]

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]

Nuclear Waste Administration: establish (see S. 1234), S2515 [30AP]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend (see S. 2917), S6718 [20NO] (see H.R. 2699), H3787 [14MY]

Taxation: allow a credit for certain facilities that remediate and reclaim coal refuse sites by producing electricity from coal refuse (see H.R. 4735), H8257 [18OC]

——— modify definition of municipal solid waste (see S. 1396), S2770 [9MY]

Remarks in House

Arkansas Canoe Club (organization): tribute to Black Ops Advanced Trash Removal team, H963 [22JA]

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

——— ensure enforcement authority over Clean Air Act regulations relative to municipal waste incinerators in underserved communities, H4949 [20JN]

——— prohibit funding for enforcement of emissions standards for small incinerators in remote areas of Alaska, H4952, H4953 [20JN]

FEMA: increase Federal cost-share for wildfire debris removal, H637 [16JA]

Hanford, WA: anniversary of B Reactor becoming ‘‘critical’’, H7857 [20SE]

James Island, SC: tribute to James Island Ocean ActKIDvists for lobbying local government to ban plastic bags, straws, and foam containers, H1288 [30JA]

National Park Service: prohibit funding to increase sales of disposable plastic water bottles, H4949 [20JN]

Nuclear Waste Policy Act: amend, H4297 [4JN]

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]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, S2754 [9MY], S4538 [26JN]

International relations: improve international waste management systems and prevent and reduce plastic waste and marine debris, S5916 [21OC], S6663 [19NO]

Texts of

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