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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2319

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require each department, agency,

and instrumentality of the executive branch of the Federal Government

to use recycled paper.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 27, 1993

Mr. MCKEON (for himself, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr.

GOSS, Mr. HARMAN, Mr. HOBSON, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr.

KINGSTON, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr. QUINN, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. WALSH, Mr.

ZIMMER, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. THOMAS of California, and Mr.

BEILENSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require each

department, agency, and instrumentality of the executive

branch of the Federal Government to use recycled paper.

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

3 SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

4 TO USE RECYCLED PAPER.

5 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Subtitle F of the Solid Waste

6 Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6961 et seq.) is amended by add7 ing at the end the following new section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 6005. REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO

2 USE RECYCLED PAPER.

3 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Each department, agency, and

4 instrumentality of the executive branch of the Federal

5 Government shall use printing and writing paper contain6 ing at least 10 percent postconsumer material.

7 ‘‘(b) POSTCONSUMER MATERIAL DEFINITION.—For

8 purposes of this section, the term ‘postconsumer material’

9 has the meaning provided by the Administrator in regula10 tions implementing this section.

11 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—(1) Not later than January 1 of each

12 year, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report

13 on the extent of compliance during the preceding fiscal

14 year by each department, agency, and instrumentality of

15 the executive branch of the Federal Government with the

16 requirement of subsection (a). At a minimum, the report

17 shall include—

18 ‘‘(A) an identification of each department,

19 agency, and instrumentality that failed to comply, in

20 whole or in part, with the requirement; and

21 ‘‘(B) with respect to each department, agency,

22 and instrumentality that failed to comply with the

23 requirement, a statement of the reasons for the fail24 ure to comply.

25 ‘‘(2) A copy of the annual report shall be published

26 in the Federal Register.
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1 ‘‘(d) PROCEEDS FROM SALE OF MATERIALS COL2 LECTED FROM RECYCLING.—If a department, agency, or

3 instrumentality of the executive branch of the Federal

4 Government is in compliance with the requirement of sub5 section (a) during a fiscal year, as determined by the Ad6 ministrator, such entity may use, for activities within the

7 legal authority of such entity, any monies received during

8 such fiscal year from the sale of materials collected for

9 the purpose of recycling. This subsection applies to the

10 Department of Defense notwithstanding section 2577 of

11 title 10, United States Code.’’.

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 6005 of the Solid

13 Waste Disposal Act, as added by subsection (a), shall take

14 effect one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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