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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1820

To establish an Office of Recycling Research and Information in the Department of Commerce, to require research on the recycling of scrap automotive tires, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 22, 1993

Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. STUPAK, Mr.

TORRES, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. LANCASTER, Mr. NEAL of

North Carolina, Mr. FROST, Mr. EVANS, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. FISH, Mr.

FOGLIETTA, Mr. ANDREWS of Maine, Mr. BLACKWELL, and Mr. WISE)

introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees

on Energy and Commerce and Science, Space, and Technology

A BILL

To establish an Office of Recycling Research and Information

in the Department of Commerce, to require research

on the recycling of scrap automotive tires, 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 ‘‘Tire Recycling Pro5 motion Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF RECYCLING RESEARCH AND INFORMA2 TION.

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 6 months after

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of

5 Commerce, in consultation with the Administrator of the

6 Environmental Protection Agency, shall appoint a Direc7 tor of Recycling Research and Information.

8 (b) FUNCTIONS.—The Director of Recycling Re9 search and Information—

10 (1) shall make grants under subsection (c) and

11 under section 3; and

12 (2) shall collect, catalog, and disseminate infor13 mation to interested persons regarding waste dis14 posal and recycling technology.

15 (c) GRANTS.—The Director of Recycling Research

16 and Information shall make grants to public and private

17 entities to support research and development by such enti18 ties relating to innovative recycling technology.

19 (d) PAY.—The Director of Recycling Research and

20 Information shall be paid at a rate, determined by the Sec21 retary of Commerce, that is less than the rate of basic

22 pay payable for positions under section 5316 of title 5,

23 United States Code.

24 SEC. 3. WASTE TIRE RECYCLING RESEARCH.

25 (a) WASTE TIRE RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Director

26 of Recycling Research and Information shall make grants
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1 to public and private entities for studies to determine the

2 following:

3 (1) The extent of problems created by waste

4 tires in landfills and waste tire piles.

5 (2) The feasibility of requiring that all tires be

6 shredded before landfilling.

7 (3) The feasibility of prohibiting landfilling of

8 tires or requiring shredding prior to disposal.

9 (4) The adequacy of current systems for man10 aging waste tires.

11 (5) The feasibility of innovative techniques for

12 reclaiming or recycling waste tires, including sys13 tems to create new tires using waste tires and tech14 niques to create other durable products and material

15 for construction and road building from waste tires.

16 (6) Possible tire manufacturing strategies that

17 facilitate recycling.

18 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date

19 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce

20 shall submit to Congress a report containing the results

21 of the research conducted under subsection (a).

22 (c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Director

23 of Recycling Research and Information shall collect, cata24 log, and disseminate to all interested parties information
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1 on tire reclamation technologies and markets for used

2 tires.

3 (d) ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.—The Secretary of

4 Commerce shall work with tire manufacturers, State gov5 ernments, conservation organizations, and the public to in6 crease economic opportunities for the recycling of tires,

7 including efforts to create markets for used tires.

8 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

9 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Direc10 tor of Recycling Research and Information appointed pur11 suant to section 2, for making grants and carrying out

12 other activities authorized by this Act, not more than

13 $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1994.

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