I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6252 
To prohibit the export from the United States of certain electronic waste, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, and 
Mr. CARTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the export from the United States of certain 
electronic waste, 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 ‘‘Responsible Elec-
tronics Recycling Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELECTRONIC WASTE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle C of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 3024. ELECTRONIC WASTE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning 12 months after the 
date of enactment of this section, except as provided in 
subsection (e) or (f), no person shall export any restricted 
electronic waste to a country described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) COVERED WASTE.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘covered electronic equip-
ment’ means used computers, central processing 
units, mobile computers (including notebooks, 
netbooks, tablets, and e-book readers), com-
puter 
accessories 
including 
input 
devices, 
webcams, speakers, data storage devices, serv-
ers, and monitors, televisions, digital picture 
frames, and other video display devices, digital 
imaging devices (including printers, copiers, 
facsimile machines, image scanners, and multi-
function machines), television peripheral devices 
including video cassette recorders, DVD play-
ers, video game systems, game controllers, sig-
nal converter boxes, and cable and satellite re-
ceivers, digital cameras and projectors, digital 
audio players, telephones and electronic commu-
nication equipment, networking devices includ-
ing routers, network cards, modems, and hubs, 
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audio equipment, other wireless communication 
devices including cell phones, mobile television 
and entertainment devices, personal digital as-
sistants, and portable GPS navigation systems, 
and other used electronic products the Adminis-
trator determines to be similar in accordance 
with paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B)(i) The term ‘restricted electronic 
waste’ means— 
‘‘(I) items of covered electronic 
equipment, whole or in fragments, 
that include, contain, are derived 
from, or consist of— 
‘‘(aa) cathode ray tubes or 
cathode ray tube glass in any 
form, or cathode ray tube phos-
phor residues or dusts in any 
form; 
‘‘(bb) a lamp or other device 
containing mercury phosphor; 
‘‘(cc) 
batteries 
containing 
lead, cadmium, mercury, or flam-
mable organic solvents; 
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‘‘(dd) switches or any other 
devices containing mercury in 
elemental or compound form; 
‘‘(ee) 
capacitors, 
trans-
formers, light ballasts, or any 
other devices containing or sus-
pected 
of 
containing 
poly-
chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); or 
‘‘(ff) parts, components, or 
assemblies, or materials derived 
therefrom, containing hexavalent 
chromium or beryllium (in ele-
mental or compound form); 
‘‘(II) except as provided in para-
graph (3), items of covered electronic 
equipment, whole or in fragments, 
that include, contain, are derived 
from, or consist of— 
‘‘(aa) circuit boards con-
taining lead, cadmium, or beryl-
lium in elemental or compound 
form; 
‘‘(bb) printer drums or any 
other devices containing selenium 
in elemental or compound form; 
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