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States Virgin Islands, and any other territory or 
possession of the United States. 
SEC. 942. GRANTS FOR BATTERY COLLECTION, RECYCLING, 
AND REPROCESSING. 
(a) STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a program under which the Secretary shall award 
grants, on a competitive basis, to States and units 
of local government to assist in the establishment or 
enhancement of programs that address the collection 
(commonly referred to as ‘‘take-back’’), recycling, re-
processing, and proper disposal of batteries at the 
end of their useful lifetime. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL
COST
SHARE.—The Sec-
retary may not provide to a State or unit of local 
government a grant under this subsection in an 
amount that is greater than 50 percent of the cost 
of a project described in paragraph (1). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re-
port that describes the number of programs estab-
lished or enhanced, an estimate of jobs created, and 
the quantity of material collected as a result of the 
grants awarded under paragraph (1). 
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(b) RETAILERS AS COLLECTION POINTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants, on a competitive basis, to retailers that sell 
batteries to establish, implement, or improve systems 
for the collection, recycling, and proper disposal of 
batteries at the end of their useful lifetimes, in order 
to serve as battery collection points. 
(2) FREE COLLECTION.—The system described 
in paragraph (1) shall include collection of used bat-
teries at no cost to members of the public who use 
the system. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re-
port that describes the number of battery collection 
points established, implemented, or improved and 
the quantity of material collected as a result of the 
grants awarded under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 943. BEST PRACTICES FOR COLLECTION OF BAT-
TERIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall develop 
best practices for the collection of batteries that may be 
cost-effectively implemented by States and units of local 
government. 
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(b) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall de-
velop best practices under subsection (a) in coordination 
with State and local leaders and relevant stakeholders, in-
cluding— 
(1) battery manufacturers, suppliers, and dis-
tributors; 
(2) retailers that serve as battery collection 
points; 
(3) solid waste management industries; and 
(4) any other relevant stakeholders that the Ad-
ministrator determines to be appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to Congress, and make publicly available on the website 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, a report describ-
ing the best practices developed under this section. 
SEC. 944. VOLUNTARY LABELING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Administrator, shall establish a program to im-
prove the labeling of batteries through voluntary meas-
ures. 
(b) MEASURES.—The program established in sub-
section (a) shall seek to improve battery labeling to— 
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(1) enable consumers to properly and more eas-
ily recycle or dispose batteries at the end of their 
useful lifetime; 
(2) educate consumers on safety considerations 
associated with the recycling and proper disposal of 
batteries; and 
(3) provide consumers with information needed 
to more easily locate where to recycle or dispose bat-
teries at the end of their useful lifetime. 
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall operate the 
program established in subsection (a) in coordination with 
relevant stakeholders, including— 
(1) battery manufacturers, suppliers, and dis-
tributors; 
(2) retailers that serve as battery collection 
points; 
(3) solid waste management industries; and 
(4) any other relevant stakeholder that the Sec-
retary or Administrator determines to be appro-
priate. 
SEC. 945. TASK FORCE ON BATTERY PRODUCER RESPONSI-
BILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator, shall establish a task force 
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to develop recommendations on the design of an extended 
producer responsibility system for batteries. 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The task force shall established in 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) identify, evaluate, and propose design cri-
teria for an extended producer responsibility system 
that covers the lifecycle management of batteries; 
(2) consider product design, collection models, 
and the transportation of collected materials; 
(3) develop detailed recommendations on the 
structure of an extended producer responsibility pro-
gram for batteries, including— 
(A) the scope of regulation; 
(B) identification of regulated entities; 
(C) strategies for implementation and en-
forcement; 
(D) the relationship between regulated en-
tities and units of State and local government; 
and 
(E) any other relevant matter that the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force established in 
subsection (a) shall be comprised of representatives 
from— 
(1) States and units of local government; 
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(2) battery producers, retailers, recyclers, and 
refiners; 
(3) 
public 
and 
private 
sector 
recycling, 
composting, and solid waste management industries; 
(4) any other Federal agency or office within 
the Executive Branch that the Secretary or Adminis-
trator determines to be appropriate; and 
(5) any other relevant stakeholder group that 
the Secretary or Administrator determines to be ap-
propriate. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the estab-
lishment of the task force in subsection (a), the task force 
shall submit to Congress and make publicly available on 
the websites of the Department of Energy and the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency a report on the design of an 
extended producer responsibility system for batteries 
based on its findings. 
SEC. 946. TASK FORCE ON WIND AND SOLAR RECYCLING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator, shall convene a task force to 
improve the recovery, recycling, and reuse of key compo-
nents of wind and solar energy technologies. 
(b) STUDY.—The task force shall established in sub-
section (a) shall— 
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(3) experts in solid waste management, includ-
ing from academia, nonprofit organizations, and in-
dustry associations; 
(4) States and local governments; and 
(5) other relevant stakeholders, as determined 
appropriate by the Secretary and the Administrator. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
on which the Secretary convenes the task force under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and 
make publicly available on the website of the Department 
of Energy, a report that describes the findings of the study 
conducted under subsection (b). 
SEC. 947. STUDIES ON DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct 
a separate study on each of the following: 
(1) REDUCING
DISPOSAL
OF
ELECTRONIC 
WASTE IN LANDFILLS.—Strategies for reducing and 
preventing the disposal of electronic waste in munic-
ipal solid waste landfills, including through both vol-
untary and mandatory measures. 
(2) DEPOSIT
PROGRAM
FOR
CRITICAL
MIN-
ERALS.—The feasibility of establishing, and the pro-
posed design of, a Federal program modeled on bev-
erage container deposit programs in the United 
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States that creates a financial incentive for critical 
mineral suppliers to recover and recycle critical min-
erals (as listed in 83 Fed. Reg. 23295) for use in 
new products. 
(3) RECYCLER CERTIFICATION.—The feasibility 
of establishing, and the proposed design of, a Fed-
eral program to— 
(A) create Federal standards, or use 
standards developed by a non-Federal entity, 
for the certification of critical mineral recycling 
companies for purposes of ensuring safety, envi-
ronmental stewardship, and other relevant as-
pects of operations; and 
(B) certify critical mineral recycling com-
panies based on such standards. 
(b) CONTENT.—Each study described in subsection 
(a) shall identify and evaluate, with respect to the subject 
matter of each study— 
(1) as applicable, any relevant program carried 
out by a State or an industry in the United States; 
(2) as applicable, best practices for program de-
sign based on any relevant program carried out by 
a State or an industry in the United States; 
(3) key program design considerations for es-
tablishing Federal programs; 
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(4) the potential environmental effects of the 
measures described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of 
subsection (a); 
(5) the cost-effectiveness of such measures; and 
(6) any other considerations the Secretary de-
termines to be appropriate. 
(c) REPORTS.—Following the completion of each 
study required under this section, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a separate report for each study that— 
(1) describe the results of each study; and 
(2) provides recommendations on policy design 
for each matter considered under the applicable 
study. 
SEC. 948. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subtitle $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2031. 
TITLE X—WORKER AND 
COMMUNITY TRANSITION 
SEC. 1001. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ADVERSELY AFFECTED COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘‘adversely affected community’’ means a unit 
of local government or an Indian Tribe (or a polit-
ical subdivision thereof) that has been, or is at risk 
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to be, significantly disrupted by the Nation’s transi-
tion to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through 
the loss of a significant portion of locally generated 
tax revenue or employment due to the closure, or 
risk of closure, of an impacted employer within its 
jurisdiction. 
(2) ADVERSELY
AFFECTED
WORKER.—The 
term ‘‘adversely affected worker’’ means an indi-
vidual who has been, or is at risk to be, totally sepa-
rated or partially separated from employment by an 
impacted employer. 
(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Energy and Economic 
Transition. 
(4) IMPACTED
EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘im-
pacted employer’’ means a private entity that is pri-
marily engaged in business related to— 
(A) the extraction of fossil fuels; 
(B) the refinement of fossil fuels; 
(C) the generation of electricity from fossil 
fuels; 
(D) the production of energy-intensive in-
dustrial products; 
(E) the manufacture of light-, medium-, 
and heavy-duty vehicles that utilize an internal 
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combustion engine and other component parts 
for such vehicles; 
(F) the construction, operation, and main-
tenance of infrastructure to deliver fossil fuels 
for domestic use; or 
(G) other industries significantly disrupted 
by the Nation’s transition to net-zero green-
house gas emissions, as determined by the Di-
rector, in consultation with the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
the Secretary. 
(5) PARTIAL SEPARATION.—The terms ‘‘partial 
separation’’ and ‘‘partially separated’’ mean, with 
respect to an individual who has not been totally 
separated from employment, that— 
(A) the number of hours of work for such 
individual has been reduced by an impacted em-
ployer to 80 percent or less of the average num-
ber of hours per week such individual worked 
per week prior to any separation from employ-
ment; and 
(B) the wages for such individual have 
been reduced by an impacted employer to 80 
percent or less of the average wages per week 
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