A bill to provide for increased energy savings and environmental benefits through the increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.

Bill: 108-s-793
Sponsor: Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]
Introduced: 2003-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Building construction
Building materials
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to transportation
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Governmental investigations
Highway maintenance
Infrastructure
Lead
Maintenance and repair
Minerals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Recycling of waste products
Road construction
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: 
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and each agency head to implement fully all procurement requirements and incentives, including Federal procurement guidelines, that provide for the use of cement and concrete incorporating recovered mineral component in cement or concrete projects.
 
Requires each agency head to give priority to achieving greater use of recovered mineral component in cement or concrete projects for which recovered mineral components historically have not been used or have been used only minimally. 
 
Instructs the Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Energy, to study and report to Congress on the extent to which current procurement requirements may realize energy savings and environmental benefits attainable with substitution of recovered mineral component in cement used in cement or concrete projects.

action_date: 2003-11-17
text: 
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and each agency head to implement fully all procurement requirements and incentives, including Federal procurement guidelines, that provide for the use of cement and concrete incorporating recovered mineral component in cement or concrete projects.
 
Requires each agency head to give priority to achieving greater use of recovered mineral component in cement or concrete projects for which recovered mineral components historically have not been used or have been used only minimally. 
 
Instructs the Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Energy, to study and report to Congress on the extent to which current procurement requirements may realize energy savings and environmental benefits attainable with substitution of recovered mineral component in cement used in cement or concrete projects.
 
Instructs the Administrator to establish criteria (including an evaluation of whether to establish a numerical standard for concentration of lead and other hazardous substances) for the safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine tailings from the Tar Creek, Oklahoma, Mining District, known as &quot;chat,&quot; for: (1) cement or concrete projects; and (2) transportation construction projects (including transportation construction projects involving the use of asphalt) that are carried out, in whole or in part, using Federal funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 394.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-198.
action_date: 2003-11-17
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-198.
action_date: 2003-07-30
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2003-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate