Electronic Waste Recycling Promotion and Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-4316
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-11-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Commerce
Computer industry
Computers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Treasury
Electronics industry
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental law enforcement
Federal preemption
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Governmental investigations
Incineration
Income tax
Landfills
Law
Municipal solid waste
Recycling industry
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Tax credits
Taxation
Video display terminals
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-14
text: 
Electronic Waste Recycling Promotion and Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow waste recyclers and individual consumers a tax credit for recycling qualified electronic waste. Defines &quot;qualified electronic waste&quot; as any discarded computer display screen or system unit.
 
Bans the disposal of electronic waste without recycling three years after the enactment of this Act.
 
Requires the head of each Federal executive agency to recycle electronic waste. 
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the feasibility of establishing a nationwide recycling program for electronic waste that preempts any State recycling program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-14
text: Introduced in House