Save Our Soldiers' Lungs Act

Bill: 113-hr-2303
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air quality

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Military personnel and dependents

Solid waste and recycling
Latest action: action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-06-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Save Our Soldiers' Lungs Act - Includes within the definition of "covered waste" for purposes of the Department of Defense (DOD) prohibition against disposal of certain waste in open-air burn pits:</p> <ul> <li>tires;</li> <li>treated wood;</li> <li>batteries;</li> <li>plastics, except insignificant amounts of plastic remaining after a good-faith effort to remove or recover plastic materials from the solid waste stream;</li> <li>munitions and explosives;</li> <li>compressed gas cylinders, unless empty with valves removed;</li> <li>fuel containers, unless completely evacuated of contents;</li> <li>aerosol cans;</li> <li>polychlorinated biphenyls;</li> <li>petroleum, oils, and lubricants products (other than waste fuel for initial combustion);</li> <li>asbestos;</li> <li>mercury;</li> <li>foam tent material; and </li> <li>any item containing any of such materials. </li> </ul> <UL> </UL>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2303 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 6, 2013 Ms. Shea-Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To define the term covered waste for purposes of the Department of Defense prohibition on the disposal of certain waste in open-air burn pits.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save Our Soldiers’ Lungs Act . 2. Clarification of prohibition on disposing of waste in open-air burn pits For the purposes of Department of Defense Instruction 4715.19, issued as required by section 317 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–84 ; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) or any successor instruction, the term covered waste specifically includes, in addition to the materials already specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (c)(2) of such section, the following: (1) Tires. (2) Treated wood. (3) Batteries. (4) Plastics, except insignificant amounts of plastic remaining after a good-faith effort to remove or recover plastic materials from the solid waste stream. (5) Munitions and explosives, the destruction of which is covered in Department of Defense Instruction 6055.09–M (Reference (i)). (6) Compressed gas cylinders, unless empty with valves removed. (7) Fuel containers, unless completely evacuated of its contents. (8) Aerosol cans. (9) Polychlorinated biphenyls. (10) Petroleum, oils, and lubricants products (other than waste fuel for initial combustion). (11) Asbestos. (12) Mercury. (13) Foam tent material. (14) Any item containing any of the materials referred to in a preceding paragraph.