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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1135

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize Federal grants for

the development of innovative recycling techniques.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 24, 1993

Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr.

SANGMEISTER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER, Ms. PELOSI, Mrs.

MINK, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GORDON Mrs.

MALONEY, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. JEFFERSON,

Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. TORRES, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́, Mr. VALENTINE,

and Mr. MAZZOLI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize Federal

grants for the development of innovative recycling techniques.

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 ‘‘Recycling Initiatives

5 Grant Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds the following:
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1 (1) The United States buries more than

2 200,000,000 tons of trash each year, and more than

3 one-third of the landfills in the United States have

4 been shut down in the last five years.

5 (2) Incineration of solid waste poses serious en6 vironmental, health, and economic questions. The

7 Environmental Protection Agency considers inciner8 ation one of the least desirable methods of managing

9 solid waste.

10 (3) Reducing waste during manufacturing and

11 use is a vital component of future waste manage12 ment schemes, but such waste reduction cannot

13 eliminate all waste.

14 (4) To manage the solid waste remaining after

15 reduction techniques are used, a high level of recy16 cling waste at the local level will need to be required

17 in the future.

18 (5) Markets need to be developed for the recy19 cled products resulting from the expected increased

20 levels of recycling.

21 (6) The Federal Government currently does not

22 provide grants to promote the development of inno23 vative recycling techniques that can reduce the waste

24 stream and conserve natural resources.
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1 (7) A program of grants to support research

2 and development of new recycling techniques, includ3 ing development of markets for recycled products,

4 would help the Nation meet its recycling goals and

5 reduce the amount of waste that must be disposed

6 of.

7 SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM FOR INNOVATIVE RECYCLING

8 TECHNIQUES.

9 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Subtitle G of the Solid Waste

10 Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6971) is amended by adding at

11 the end the following new section:

12 ‘‘SEC. 7011. GRANT PROGRAM FOR INNOVATIVE RECYCLING

13 TECHNIQUES.

14 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator is authorized to

15 award grants for the purpose of creating and supporting

16 innovative techniques for the recycling of solid waste. For

17 purposes of this section, the term ‘recycling’ includes sepa18 ration, collection, reuse, market development, and produc19 tion of goods using recycled materials.

20 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—Any person may apply for a

21 grant under this section. An application for a grant under

22 this section shall be submitted in such form and manner,

23 and contain such information, as the Administrator pre24 scribes by regulation.
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1 ‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of any grant

2 under this section may not exceed $100,000 for a single

3 grant recipient. No person may receive more than one

4 grant under this section.

5 ‘‘(d) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—A person who is

6 awarded a grant under this section shall submit to the

7 Administrator a report on the activities carried out with

8 the grant funds. Such report shall be submitted not later

9 than 18 months after the date on which the grant is

10 awarded. The Administrator shall submit to Congress pe11 riodically, but not less often than annually, a compilation

12 of the reports received from grant recipients under this

13 subsection.

14 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be

15 appropriated for each of fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996,

16 and 1997 not more than $3,000,000 to carry out this sec17 tion.’’.

18 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents

19 for subtitle G of such Act (contained in section 1001 of

20 such Act) is amended by adding at the end the following

21 new item:

‘‘Sec. 7011. Grant program for innovative recycling techniques.’’.

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