Title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used lubricating oil.
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
This bill directs the Department of Energy to update its report on the energy and environmental benefits of re-refining used lubricating oil and submit to Congress a strategic plan to increase the beneficial reuse of lubricating oil.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1733 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1733

To direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the 
     energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used 
                            lubricating oil.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 2017

  Mrs. Brooks of Indiana (for herself and Mr. Kennedy) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report on the 
     energy and environmental benefits of the re-refining of used 
                            lubricating oil.

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

SECTION 1. ENERGY SAVINGS FROM LUBRICATING OIL.

    Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, shall--
            (1) review and update the report prepared pursuant to 
        section 1838 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
            (2) after consultation with relevant Federal, State, and 
        local agencies and affected industry and stakeholder groups, 
        update data that was used in preparing that report; and
            (3) prepare and submit to Congress a coordinated Federal 
        strategy to increase the beneficial reuse of used lubricating 
        oil, that--
                    (A) is consistent with national policy as 
                established pursuant to section 2 of the Used Oil 
                Recycling Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-463); and
                    (B) addresses measures needed to--
                            (i) increase the responsible collection of 
                        used oil;
                            (ii) disseminate public information 
                        concerning sustainable reuse options for used 
                        oil; and
                            (iii) promote sustainable reuse of used oil 
                        by Federal agencies, recipients of Federal 
                        grant funds, entities contracting with the 
                        Federal Government, and the general public.
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