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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2791 

To prohibit the export from the United States of certain electronic waste, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 23, 2013 

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 

MCCAUL, Mr. STIVERS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Mr. COFFMAN) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To prohibit the export from the United States of certain 

electronic waste, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Responsible Elec5 tronics Recycling Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC WASTE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. 

2 (a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle C of the Solid Waste 

3 Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.) is amended by add4 ing at the end the following new section: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 3025. ELECTRONIC WASTE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is 30 

7 months after the date of enactment of this section, no per8 son shall export restricted electronic waste to a country 

9 described in subsection (e). 

10 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS; RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For 

11 purposes of this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) CONSIGNEE.—The term ‘consignee’ means 

13 the ultimate repair, refurbishment, treatment, stor14 age, or disposal facility in a receiving country to 

15 which restricted electronic waste will be sent. 

16 ‘‘(2) COVERED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 

18 electronic equipment’ means the following used 

19 items, whole or in fragments, including parts, 

20 components, or assemblies thereof: 

21 ‘‘(i) Computers. 

22 ‘‘(ii) Central processing units. 

23 ‘‘(iii) Mobile computers (including 

24 notebooks, netbooks, tablets, and e-book 

25 readers). 


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1 ‘‘(iv) Computer accessories (including 

2 input devices, webcams, speakers, data 

3 storage devices, servers, and monitors). 

4 ‘‘(v) Televisions (including portable 

5 televisions and portable DVD players). 

6 ‘‘(vi) Video display devices (including 

7 digital picture frames and portable video 

8 devices). 

9 ‘‘(vii) Digital imaging devices (includ10 ing printers, copiers, facsimile machines, 

11 image scanners, and multifunction ma12 chines). 

13 ‘‘(viii) Television peripheral devices 

14 (including video cassette recorders, DVD 

15 players, video game systems, game control16 lers, signal converter boxes, and cable and 

17 satellite receivers). 

18 ‘‘(ix) Digital cameras and projectors. 

19 ‘‘(x) Digital audio players. 

20 ‘‘(xi) Telephones and electronic com21 munication equipment (including cellular 

22 phones and wireless Internet communica23 tion devices). 


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1 ‘‘(xii) Networking devices (including 

2 routers, network cards, modems, and 

3 hubs). 

4 ‘‘(xiii) Audio equipment. 

5 ‘‘(xiv) Portable video game systems. 

6 ‘‘(xv) Personal digital assistants. 

7 ‘‘(xvi) Portable global positioning sys8 tem navigation devices. 

9 ‘‘(xvii) Other used electronic products 

10 the Administrator determines to be similar 

11 under the procedures promulgated in ac12 cordance with subsection (c). 

13 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘covered elec14 tronic equipment’ shall not include parts of a 

15 motor vehicle. 

16 ‘‘(3) RESTRICTED ELECTRONIC WASTE.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘restricted 

18 electronic waste’ means— 

19 ‘‘(i) items of covered electronic equip20 ment that include, contain, are derived 

21 from, or consist of— 

22 ‘‘(I) cathode ray tubes or cathode 

23 ray tube glass in any form, or cathode 

24 ray tube phosphor residues or dusts in 

25 any form; 


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1 ‘‘(II) a lamp or other device con2 taining mercury phosphor; 

3 ‘‘(III) batteries containing— 

4 ‘‘(aa) lead, cadmium, or 

5 mercury; or 

6 ‘‘(bb) organic solvents exhib7 iting the characteristic of ignit8 ability, as defined in section 

9 261.21 of title 40, Code of Fed10 eral Regulations; 

11 ‘‘(IV) switches or any other de12 vices containing mercury; 

13 ‘‘(V) hexavalent chromium; 

14 ‘‘(VI) other than batteries de15 scribed in subclause (III), items con16 taining antimony, barium, cadmium, 

17 lead, thallium, beryllium, arsenic, or 

18 selenium, including— 

19 ‘‘(aa) circuit boards; 

20 ‘‘(bb) printer drums; 

21 ‘‘(cc) liquid crystal displays; 

22 ‘‘(dd) flatscreen glass; and 

23 ‘‘(ee) light emitting diodes; 

24 or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) any other covered electronic 

2 equipment, or materials derived therefrom, 

3 containing any other toxic material, in ele4 mental or compound form, identified by 

5 the Administrator under subsection (c). 

6 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘restricted 

7 electronic waste’ shall not apply to items de8 scribed in this subparagraph. 

9 ‘‘(i) DE MINIMIS.—Covered electronic 

10 equipment described in subparagraphs 

11 (A)(i)(VI) and (A)(ii), including separated 

12 component streams (such as plastics or 

13 metals), which does not exceed de minimis 

14 levels set by the Administrator under sub15 section (d). 

16 ‘‘(ii) REUSE.—Covered electronic 

17 equipment that is— 

18 ‘‘(I) tested, pursuant to sub19 section (i)(1), prior to export and 

20 found to be— 

21 ‘‘(aa) functional for the pur22 pose for which the equipment 

23 was designed, or, in the case of 

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1 mary purposes for which the 

2 equipment was designed; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) appropriately pack4 aged for shipment to prevent the 

5 equipment from losing functional6 ity due to damage during transit; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(II) appropriately labeled or 

9 marked pursuant to subsection 

10 (i)(3)(A). 

11 ‘‘(iii) CERTAIN CATHODE RAY TUBE

12 GLASS.—Furnace-ready cathode ray tube 

13 glass cullet, cleaned of all phosphors, that 

14 the competent authority in the importing 

15 country declares in writing is not waste, to 

16 be used as— 

17 ‘‘(I) a direct feedstock in a lead18 glass manufacturing furnace; or 

19 ‘‘(II) another feedstock applica20 tion that does not require further 

21 processing or preparation other than 

22 quality control. 

23 ‘‘(iv) WARRANTIES.—Customer re24 turns, to point of sale, to original equip25 ment manufacturers, or to contractual 


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1 warranty collectors, of recently purchased 

2 covered electronic equipment— 

3 ‘‘(I) that is either— 

4 ‘‘(aa) under original equip5 ment manufacturer warranty to 

6 customers; or 

7 ‘‘(bb) under warranty from 

8 the original design manufacturer 

9 or original component manufac10 turer to the original equipment 

11 manufacturer, or otherwise re12 turned by the original purchaser 

13 of the electronic equipment, due 

14 to defect or customer dissatisfac15 tion, and the manufacturer ac16 cepts such returns for the pur17 poses of repair or replacement in 

18 order to return to the customer a 

19 functional working product or 

20 part of the same type and model, 

21 except that products and parts 

22 covered in this item shall not in23 clude— 

24 ‘‘(AA) covered elec25 tronic equipment accepted 


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1 for return from individuals 

2 or businesses under general 

3 takeback, recycling, trade-in 

4 (for purposes of recycling, 

5 disposal, sales promotions, 

6 or obtaining credit for prod7 uct purchases or leases) or 

8 buy-back programs, events, 

9 or policies designed to col10 lect used or waste electronic 

11 equipment; 

12 ‘‘(BB) covered elec13 tronic equipment returned at 

14 the end of leases to cus15 tomers; or 

16 ‘‘(CC) covered elec17 tronic equipment collected 

18 by asset recovery programs; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(II) where any export of such 

21 covered electronic equipment is to a 

22 country from whose competent au23 thority the Administrator receives 

24 written consent pursuant to sub25 section (h)(1). 


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1 ‘‘(v) RECALLS.—Recalls of covered 

2 electronic equipment by an original equip3 ment manufacturer, original design manu4 facturer, or original component manufac5 turer where— 

6 ‘‘(I) the covered electronic equip7 ment is subject to recall notice issued 

8 by the Consumer Product Safety 

9 Commission or other pertinent Fed10 eral authority; 

11 ‘‘(II) the original design manu12 facturer or original component manu13 facturer requires the defective covered 

14 electronic equipment to be physically 

15 returned to that manufacturer as a 

16 term of the warranty; and 

17 ‘‘(III) any export of recalled cov18 ered electronic equipment is to a 

19 country from whose competent au20 thority the Administrator receives 

21 written consent pursuant to sub22 section (h)(1). 

23 ‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING

24 CHEMICAL ELEMENTS.—Any reference to a chemical 


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1 element shall be construed to be a reference to that 

2 element in compound or elemental form. 

3 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL COVERED ELECTRONIC EQUIP4 MENT AND RESTRICTED MATERIALS.—Not later than 18 

5 months after the date of enactment of this section, the 

6 Administrator shall, after notice and opportunity for pub7 lic comment, and after consultation with appropriate Fed8 eral and State agencies, develop and promulgate proce9 dures for identifying— 

10 ‘‘(1) similar electronic equipment to add to the 

11 list of covered electronic equipment under subsection 

12 (b)(2); and 

13 ‘‘(2) additional restricted toxic materials to add 

14 to the list in subsection (b)(3)(A)(ii), the presence of 

15 which in covered electronic equipment poses a poten16 tial hazard to human health or the environment. 

17 Such procedures shall include a method for any interested 

18 party to propose a new product or material for review by 

19 the Administrator. 

20 ‘‘(d) DE MINIMIS LEVELS.—Not later than 18 

21 months after the date of enactment of this section, the 

22 Administrator shall, after notice and opportunity for pub23 lic comment, and after consultation with appropriate Fed24 eral and State agencies, develop and promulgate proce25 dures for identifying de minimis levels for restricted elecVerDate Mar 15 2010 18:28 Jul 26, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2791.IH H2791

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1 tronic waste described in subparagraphs (A)(i)(VI) and 

2 (A)(ii) of subsection (b)(3), below which such waste is de3 termined by the Administrator not to pose a potential haz4 ard to human health or the environment. 

5 ‘‘(e) COUNTRIES TO WHICH PROHIBITION AP6 PLIES.—The countries referred to in subsection (a) are all 

7 countries which are not— 

8 ‘‘(1) members of the Organisation for Economic 

9 Co-operation and Development or the European 

10 Union; or 

11 ‘‘(2) Liechtenstein. 

12 ‘‘(f) NOTICE TO ADMINISTRATOR.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para14 graph (2), no person shall export covered electronic 

15 equipment described in subsection (b)(3)(B) to a 

16 country described in subsection (e) unless, not later 

17 than 60 days before the initial export shipment, such 

18 person transmits to the Administrator written notice 

19 of an intended export. Such a notification may cover 

20 export activities extending over a maximum of 12 

21 months for the same type of covered electronic 

22 equipment, exported to the same facility via the 

23 same transit countries. The notification shall include 

24 the following information: 


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1 ‘‘(A) The name, mailing address, telephone 

2 number, and if applicable, the Environmental 

3 Protection Agency or Resource Conservation 

4 and Recovery Act identification number. 

5 ‘‘(B) Documentation of licensing of the ex6 porter under subsection (g). 

7 ‘‘(C) The name and site address of the 

8 consignee and any alternate consignee. 

9 ‘‘(D) A statement from the exporter that 

10 includes— 

11 ‘‘(i) a description of the type and total 

12 quantity of covered electronic equipment 

13 that will be exported to the consignee; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the estimated frequency or rate 

15 at which such covered electronic equipment 

16 is to be exported, and the period of time 

17 over which such covered electronic equip18 ment is to be exported; 

19 ‘‘(iii) all points of entry to and depar20 ture from each country through which the 

21 covered electronic equipment will pass in 

22 transit; 

23 ‘‘(iv) a description of the means by 

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1 cluding the mode of transportation and 

2 type or types of container; and 

3 ‘‘(v) a description of the manner in 

4 which the covered electronic equipment will 

5 be treated, stored, or disposed of in the re6 ceiving country. 

7 ‘‘(E) A list of all transit countries through 

8 which the covered electronic equipment will be 

9 transported, and a description of the approxi10 mate length of time the covered electronic 

11 equipment will remain in each country and the 

12 nature of its handling while there. 

13 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of para14 graph (1) shall not apply with respect to exports of 

15 covered electronic equipment described in subsection 

16 (b)(3)(B)(i), or exports of covered electronic equip17 ment described in subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii). 

18 ‘‘(g) LICENSES.—In order to export covered elec19 tronic equipment to a country described in subsection (e) 

20 under the exceptions to restricted electronic waste in sub21 section (b)(3)(B), an entity shall obtain a license for such 

22 export that is issued by the Administrator in accordance 

23 with regulations issued under subsection (i)(2). 

24 ‘‘(h) ADDITIONAL EXPORT CONDITIONS.— 

25 ‘‘(1) WARRANTIES AND RECALLS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No person shall ex2 port covered electronic equipment to a country 

3 described in subsection (e) under the exceptions 

4 to restricted electronic waste in subsections 

5 (b)(3)(B)(iv) or (v) unless— 

6 ‘‘(i) the export is made by an original 

7 equipment manufacturer or its contractual 

8 agent to the original design manufacturer 

9 or original component manufacturer’s site 

10 of last assembly, or to a company con11 tracted to make warranty repairs, for the 

12 purposes of business credit to the original 

13 equipment manufacturer, repair or refur14 bishment and subsequent reuse, or replace15 ment; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the original equipment manufac17 turer has a presence and assets in the 

18 United States; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) the person who exports the cov20 ered electronic equipment— 

21 ‘‘(I) keeps copies of normal busi22 ness records, such as contracts, dem23 onstrating that each shipment of ex24 ported covered electronic equipment is 

25 intended for repair or refurbishment 


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1 and subsequent reuse, or replacement, 

2 which documentation shall be retained 

3 for a period of at least 3 years after 

4 the date of export; and 

5 ‘‘(II) submits an annual report to 

6 the Administrator on the amount and 

7 types of waste resulting from the re8 furbishment or replacement process, 

9 and how it was disposed of or recy10 cled, which shall include— 

11 ‘‘(aa) number and weight of 

12 units of products returned by the 

13 original equipment manufacturer 

14 for repair, refurbishment, or re15 placement listed by category and 

16 country of destination; and 

17 ‘‘(bb) the covered electronic 

18 equipment, or materials derived 

19 therefrom, sent onward to fur20 ther reuse, disposal, or recycling 

21 following repair, refurbishment, 

22 or replacement, listed by weight, 

23 a description of the wastes, and 

24 the ultimate country destination. 

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1 ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT.—No person shall 

2 export covered electronic equipment to a 

3 country described in subsection (e) under 

4 the exceptions to restricted electronic waste 

5 in subsections (b)(3)(B)(iv) or (v) until the 

6 Administrator— 

7 ‘‘(I) obtains the written consent 

8 of the competent authority of the re9 ceiving country, and of each country 

10 through which the covered electronic 

11 equipment will pass in transit; and 

12 ‘‘(II) transmits to the exporter 

13 an Acknowledgment of Consent re14 flecting receipt of each country’s con15 sent. 

16 ‘‘(ii) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION.—In co17 operation with other appropriate agencies, 

18 the Administrator shall provide notification 

19 in writing of an intended export submitted 

20 under subsection (f) to the receiving coun21 try and any transit countries. 

22 ‘‘(iii) CONSENT AND EXPORTER NOTI23 FICATION.—When the receiving country 

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1 tronic equipment, the Administrator shall 

2 transmit an Acknowledgment of Consent to 

3 the exporter. The consent from a receiving 

4 or transit country may be for a notice of 

5 multiple shipments or a specified duration 

6 as described in subsection (f). The exporter 

7 shall attach a copy of the Acknowledgment 

8 of Consent to the shipping papers or equiv9 alent documents to ensure that the Ac10 knowledgment of Consent accompanies the 

11 shipment of covered electronic equipment. 

12 ‘‘(C) WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT.—Where 

13 the receiving country or a transit country ob14 jects to receipt or transit of the covered elec15 tronic equipment, or withdraws a prior consent, 

16 the Administrator shall notify the exporter in 

17 writing. 

18 ‘‘(2) REUSE.—No person shall export covered 

19 electronic equipment to a country described in sub20 section (e) under the exception to restricted elec21 tronic waste in subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii) unless such 

22 covered electronic equipment is accompanied by doc23 umentation that is available for review, including— 

24 ‘‘(A) documentation of licensing of the ex25 porter under subsection (g); and 


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1 ‘‘(B) a declaration signed by an officer or 

2 designated representative of the exporter assert3 ing that such equipment— 

4 ‘‘(i) was tested, pursuant to sub5 section (i)(1), after it was removed from 

6 service, or after it was repaired or refur7 bished, and is functional in accordance 

8 with the requirements of subsection 

9 (b)(3)(B)(ii); and 

10 ‘‘(ii) is being exported for the purpose 

11 of direct reuse, and not for recycling or 

12 final disposal. 

13 ‘‘(3) DE MINIMIS EXPORTS.—No person shall 

14 export covered electronic equipment described in 

15 subsection (b)(3)(B)(i) unless such equipment is ac16 companied by documentation of licensing of the ex17 porter under subsection (g). 

18 ‘‘(4) CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS.—In the case of 

19 a routed export transaction of covered electronic 

20 equipment under the exceptions to restricted elec21 tronic waste in subsection (b)(3)(B) where the ex22 porter of record is a Foreign Principle Party in In23 terest (FFPI), then the U.S. Principle Party in In24 terest (USPPI) is responsible for compliance with 


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1 the requirements of this section, including the licens2 ing requirements under subsection (g). 

3 ‘‘(i) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 18 months after 

4 the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator 

5 shall issue regulations for carrying out this section, includ6 ing the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) Testing requirements for covered electronic 

8 equipment proposed to be exported pursuant to the 

9 exception to restricted electronic waste in subsection 

10 (b)(3)(B)(ii). 

11 ‘‘(2) Establishing a process for licensing entities 

12 under subsection (g), including requirements that 

13 entities proposing to export covered electronic equip14 ment under the exceptions to restricted electronic 

15 waste in subsection (b)(3)(B) must meet to obtain a 

16 license, including documentation that— 

17 ‘‘(A) the exporter has an adequate physical 

18 presence in the United States, as determined by 

19 the Administrator, in order to be able to phys20 ically manage the equipment being exported; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(B) with respect to covered electronic 

23 equipment that is being exported for reuse pur24 suant to the exception to restricted electronic 

25 waste in subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii), the exporter 


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1 has procedures and controls in place to ensure 

2 that adequate testing, pursuant to paragraph 

3 (1), will occur to determine the functionality of 

4 such equipment, in accordance with the require5 ments of such subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii). 

6 ‘‘(3) In consultation with the appropriate Fed7 eral agency or agencies, provisions for an efficient 

8 export control regime which will allow for— 

9 ‘‘(A) requiring a person exporting under 

10 this section to use appropriate labeling or 

11 marking, distinguishing among— 

12 ‘‘(i) covered electronic equipment as 

13 permitted under this section; 

14 ‘‘(ii) restricted electronic waste de15 scribed in this section; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) tested working covered electronic 

17 equipment as permitted under this section; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) enforcement mechanisms, tests, and 

20 procedures in coordination with enforcement 

21 procedures administered by other appropriate 

22 Federal agencies, including— 

23 ‘‘(i) procedures to ensure that exports 

24 of covered electronic equipment under the 

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1 subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii) without proper 

2 documentation required under subsection 

3 (h)(2) shall not proceed out of the port; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(ii) procedures whereby entities who 

6 obtain a license for export under sub7 section (g) will forfeit such license for vio8 lation of this section. 

9 ‘‘(4) Establishing a registry of violators, where10 by any person or entity found to be exporting re11 stricted electronic waste in violation of this section 

12 shall be listed on a public registry on a website 

13 maintained by the Administrator for a period of 5 

14 years after each violation.’’. 

15 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

16 of contents for the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 

17 by adding after the item relating to section 3024 the fol18 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec 3025. Electronic waste export restrictions.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT. 

20 (a) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Section 3008(d) of the 

21 Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6928(d)) is amend22 ed— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 

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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 

2 (7)(B); and 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol4 lowing new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(8) knowingly exports restricted electronic 

6 waste in violation of section 3025;’’. 

7 (b) INSPECTIONS.—Section 3007(a) of the Solid 

8 Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6927(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘or restricted electronic 

10 wastes’’ after ‘‘or has handled hazardous wastes’’; 

11 and 

12 (2) by inserting ‘‘or restricted electronic 

13 wastes’’ after ‘‘or other place where hazardous 

14 wastes’’. 

15 SEC. 4. CRITICAL MINERALS AND RARE EARTH ELEMENTS 

16 RECYCLING RESEARCH. 

17 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis19 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ20 mental Protection Agency. 

21 (2) CRITICAL MINERALS.—The term ‘‘critical 

22 mineral’’ means any of the following chemical ele23 ments in any physical form or chemical combination: 

24 (A) Antimony. 

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1 (C) Cobalt. 

2 (D) Fluorspar. 

3 (E) Gallium. 

4 (F) Germanium. 

5 (G) Graphite. 

6 (H) Indium. 

7 (I) Magnesium. 

8 (J) Niobium. 

9 (K) Platinum group metals (PGMs). 

10 (L) Tantalum. 

11 (M) Tungsten. 

12 (N) Other elements identified by the Sec13 retary as in critical supply. 

14 (3) RARE EARTH ELEMENTS.—The term ‘‘rare 

15 earth element’’ means any of the following chemical 

16 elements in any physical form or chemical combina17 tion: 

18 (A) Scandium. 

19 (B) Yttrium. 

20 (C) Lanthanum. 

21 (D) Cerium. 

22 (E) Praseodymium. 

23 (F) Neodymium. 

24 (G) Promethium. 

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1 (I) Europium. 

2 (J) Gadolinium. 

3 (K) Terbium. 

4 (L) Dysprosium. 

5 (M) Holmium. 

6 (N) Erbium. 

7 (O) Thulium. 

8 (P) Ytterbium. 

9 (Q) Lutetium. 

10 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of Energy. 

12 (b) RESEARCH ON CRITICAL MINERALS AND RARE

13 EARTH ELEMENTS IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES.—The Sec14 retary, in consultation with the Administrator and the 

15 heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall assist 

16 in, and coordinate the development of, research in the re17 covering and recycling of critical minerals and rare earth 

18 elements found in electronic devices. 

19 (c) GRANTS.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

20 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 

21 competitive research application program under which the 

22 Secretary shall provide grants to applicants to conduct re23 search on one or more of the following activities: 


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1 (1) The safe removal, separation, and recycling 

2 of critical minerals and rare earth elements from 

3 electronics. 

4 (2) Technology, component, and material design 

5 of electronics more suitable for disassembly and re6 cycling of critical minerals and rare earth elements. 

7 (3) Collection, logistics, and reverse supply 

8 chain optimization as related to recycling critical 

9 minerals and rare earth elements from electronics. 

10 (d) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 

11 issue requirements for applying for grants under sub12 section (c). 

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