I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6566 
To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude certain units of facilities from 
the definition of solid waste incineration unit, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2025 
Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself and Mr. PALMER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude certain units of 
facilities from the definition of solid waste incineration 
unit, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recycling Technology 
Innovation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE INCINERATION UNIT. 
Section 129(g)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7429(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘UNIT.—The term’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘UNIT.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘include (A) materials’’ and in-
serting ‘‘include— 
‘‘(i) materials’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘metals, (B) qualifying’’ and in-
serting ‘‘metals; 
‘‘(ii) qualifying’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘purposes, or (C) air’’ and in-
serting ‘‘purposes; 
‘‘(iii) air’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘rule.’’ and inserting ‘‘rule; or 
‘‘(iv) a unit that converts or trans-
forms plastic or post-use polymers through 
pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization, 
catalytic cracking, solvolysis, or chemolysis 
into outputs of which at least 50 percent 
by mass, as calculated via a method deter-
mined by the Administrator by rule, are 
products.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) PETITIONS FOR TREATMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An owner or oper-
ator of a unit that converts or transforms 
plastic or post-use polymers and that is not 
described in subparagraph (A)(iv) may 
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submit to the Administrator a petition re-
questing that such unit be treated as ex-
cluded from the definition of solid waste 
incineration unit. 
‘‘(ii) PROCESS.—For any such peti-
tion, the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(I) make publicly available the 
complete petition; 
‘‘(II) seek public comment on the 
petition; and 
‘‘(III) approve or deny the peti-
tion not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the Administrator re-
ceives the petition. 
‘‘(C) PRODUCT
DEFINED.—In this para-
graph, the term ‘product’— 
‘‘(i) means a material output that— 
‘‘(I) is a usable substance or ma-
terial with a consumer, commercial, or 
industrial application; and 
‘‘(II) can be sold, or used as an 
input in the manufacture of another 
product; and 
‘‘(ii) does not include— 
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‘‘(I) electricity, heat, or steam; 
and 
‘‘(II) soot, char, dust, or ash.’’. 
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