An Act to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act in order to provide financial assistance for the construction of solid waste disposal facilities, to improve research programs pursuant to such act, and for other purposes
PL 91-512 (H.R.11833), enacted 10/26/1970

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TITLE V I I 
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RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
SEC. 701. Subject to chapter 133 of title 10, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Defense may establish or develop additional facilities for 
the Reserve Forces^ including the acquisition of land therefor, but the 
cost of such facilities shall not exceed— 
(1) For the Department of the Army: 
(a) Army 
National 
Guard 
of the United 
States, 
$13,700,000. 
(b) Army Reserve, $9,300,000. 
^ 
(2) For the Department of the Navy: Naval and Marine Corps! 
Reserves, $4,500,000. 
(3) For the Department of the Air Force: 
(a) Air National Guard of the United States, $6,50' 
(b) Air Force Reserve, $3,500,000. 
SEC. 702. The Secretary of Defense may establish or develop installa-
tions and facilities under this title without regard to section 3648 of the 
Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529), and sections 4774(d) 
and 9774(d) of title 10, United States Code. The authority to place 
permanent or temporary improvements on lands includes authority for 
surveys, administration, overhead, planning, and supervision incident 
to construction. That authority may be exercised before title to the 
land is approved under section 355 of the Revised Statutes, as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 255), and even though the land is held temporarily. The 
authority to acquire real estate or land includes authority to make 
surveys and to acquire land, and interests in land (including tempo-
rary use), by gift, purchase, exchange of Government-owned land, or 
otherwise. 
SEC. 703. This title may be cited as the "Reserve Forces Facilities 
Authorization Act, 1971". 
Approved October 26, 1970. 
Reserve Forces 
Facilities Author-
ization Act, 1971. 
70A Stat. 120. 
10 u s e 2231. 
Ante, p. 835. 
Citation of title. 
Public Law 91-512 
AN ACT 
October 26, 1970 
[H. R. 11833: 
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act in order to provide financial assistance 
for the construction of solid waste disposal facilities, to improve research 
programs pursuant to such Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congres's assembled, That this Act may 
Resource Recov-
be cited as the "Resource Recovery Act of 1970". 
TITLE I—RESOURCE RECOVERY 
ery Act of 1970. 
SEC. 101. Section 202(b) of the Solid Waste Disposjil Act is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(b) The purposes of this Act therefore are— 
"(1) to promote the demonstration, construction, and applica-
tion of solid waste management and resource recovery systems 
which preserve and enhance the quality of air, water, and land 
resources; 
"(2) to provide technical and financial assistance to States and 
local governments and interstate agencies in the planning and 
development of resource recovery and solid waste disposal 
programs; 
79 Stat. 997. 
42 u s e 3251.. 
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Definitions. 
79 Stat. 998. 
42 use 3252. 
Research, au-
thority of Secre-
tary. 
42 u s e 3253. 
Repeal. 
42 use 3253. 
42 u s e 3255, 
3254. 
"(3) to promote a national research and development program 
for improved management techniques, more effective organiza-
tional arrangements, and new and improved methods of collection, 
separation, recovery, and recycling of solid wastes, and the envi-
ronmentally safe disposal of nonrecoverable residues; 
"(4) to provide for the promulgation of guidelines for solid 
waste collection, transport, separation, recovery, and disposal 
systems; and 
"(5) to provide for training grants in occupations involving 
the design, operation, and maintenance of solid waste disposal 
systems." 
SEC. 102. Section 203 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 
by inserting at the end thereof the following: 
"(7) The term 'municipality' means a city, town, borough, county, 
parishj district, or other public body created by or pursuant to State 
law with responsibility for the planning or administration of solid 
Avaste disposal, or an Indian tribe. 
"(8) The term 'intermunicipal agency' means an agency established 
by two or more municipalities with responsibility for planning or 
administration of solid waste disposal. 
"(9) The term 'recovered resources' means materials or energy 
recovered from solid wastes. 
" (10) The term 'resource recovery system" means a solid waste man-
agement system which provides for collection, separation, recycling, 
and recovery of solid wastes, including disposal of nonrecoverable 
waste residues." 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 204(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 204. (a) The Secretary shall conduct, and encourage, cooperate 
with, and render financial and other assistance to appropriate public 
(whether Federal, State, interstate^ or local) authorities, agencies, and 
institutions, private agencies and institutions, and individuals in the 
conduct of, and promote the coordination of, research, investigations, 
experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating 
to— 
"(1) any adverse health and welfare effects of the release into 
the environment of material present in solid waste, and methods 
to eliminate such effects; 
"(2) the operation and financing of solid waste disposal pro-
grams ; 
"(3) the reduction of the amount of such waste and unsalvage-
able waste materials ; 
"(4) the development and application of new and improved 
methods of collecting and disposing of solid waste and processing 
and recovering materials and energy from solid wastes; and 
" (5) the identification of solid waste components and potential 
materials and energy recoverable from such waste components." 
(b) Section 204(d) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is repealed. 
SEC. 104. (a) The Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by striking 
out section 206, by redesignating section 205 as 206, and by inserting 
after section 204 the following new section: 
" S P E C I A L 8T1.TDY AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON RECOVERY OF USEFUL 
ENERGY AND MATERIALS 
"SEC. 205. (a) The Secretary shall carry out an investigation and 
study to determine— 
"(1) means of recovering materials and energy from solid 
waste, recommended uses of such materials and energy for 
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national or international welfare, including identification of 
potential markets for such recovered resources, and the impact of 
distribution of such resources on existing markets; 
" (2) changes in current product characteristics and production 
and packaging practices which w ould reduce the amount of solid 
waste; 
"(3) methods of collection, separation, and containerization 
which will encourage efficient utilization of facilities and con-
tribute to more effective programs of reduction, reuse, or disposal 
of wastes; 
" (4) the use of Federal procurement to develop market demand 
for recovered resources; 
" (5) recommended incentives (including Federal grants, loans, 
and other assistance) and disincentives to accelerate the reclama-
tion or recycling of materials from solid wastes, with special 
emphasis on motor vehicle hulks; 
"(6) the effect of existing public policies, including subsidies 
and economic incentives and disincentives, percentage depletion 
allowances, capital gains treatment and other tax incentives and 
disincentives, upon the recycling and reuse of materials, and the 
likely effect of the modification or elimination of such incentives 
and disincentives upon the reuse, recycling, and conservation of 
such materials; and 
"(7) the necessity and method of imposing disposal or other 
charges on packaging, containers, vehicles, and other manufac-
tured goods, which charges would reflect the cost of final disposal, 
the value of recoverable components of the item, and any social 
costs associated with nonrecycling or uncontrolled disposal of 
such items. 
The Secretary shall from time to time, but not less frequently than 
annually, report the results of such investigation and study to the 
President and the Congress. 
"(b) The Secretary is also authorized to carry out demonstration 
projects to test and demonstrate methods and techniques developed 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
"(c) Section 204 (b) and (c) shall be applicable to investigations, 
studies, and projects carried out under this section." 
(b) The Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by redesignating sec-
tions 207 through 210 as sections 213 through 216, respectively, and by 
inserting after section 206 (as so redesignated by subsection (a) of this 
section) the following new sections: 
Report to Presi-
dent and Congress 
Demonstration 
projects. 
79 Stat. 998. 
42 use 3253. 
82 Stat. 1013. 
42 u s e 3256" 
3259. 
"GRANTS FOR STATE, INTERSTATE, AND LOCAL PLANNING 
"SEC. 207. (a) The Secretary may from time to time, upon such 
terms and conditions consistent with this section as he finds appro-
priate to carry out the purposes of this Act, make grants to State, 
interstate, municipal, and intermunicipal agencies, and organizations 
composed of public officials which are eligible for assistance under 
section 701(g) of the Housing Act of 1954, of not to exceed 66% per 
centum of the cost in the case of an application with respect to an area 
including only one municipality, and not to exceed 75 per centum of the 
cost in any other case, of— 
" (1) making surveys of solid waste disposal practices and prob-
lems within the jurisdictional areas of such agencies and 
"(2) developing and revising solid waste disposal plans as part 
of regional environmental protection systems for such areas, pro-
viding for recycling or recovery of materials from wastes when-
ever possible and including planning for the reuse of solid waste 
82 Stat. 530. 
40 u s e 461. 
eost limitation. 
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disposal areas and studies of the effect and relationship of solid 
waste disposal jjractices on areas adjacent to waste disposal sites, 
"(3) developing proposals for projects to be carried out pur-
suant to section 208 of this Act, or 
"(4) planning programs for the removal and processing of 
abandoned motor vehicle hulks. 
" (b) Grants pursuant to this section may be made upon application 
therefor which— 
" (1) designates or establishes a single agency (which may be an. 
interdepartmental agency) as the sole agency for carrying out the 
purposes of this section for the area involved; 
"(2) indicates the manner in which provision will be made to 
assure full consideration of all aspects of planning essential to 
areawide planning for proper and efi'ective solid wast« disposal 
consistent with the protection of the public health and welfare, 
including such factors as population growth, urban and metro-
politan development, land use planning, water pollution control, 
air pollution control, and the feasibility of regional disposal and 
resource recovery programs; 
" (3) sets forth plans for expenditure of such grant, which plans 
provide reasonable assurance of carrying out the purposes of this 
section; 
" (4) provides for submission of such reports of the activities of 
the agency in carrying out the purposes of this section, in such 
form and containing such information, as the Secretary may from 
time to time find necessary for carrying out the purposes of this 
section and for keeping such records and affording such access 
thereto as he may find necessary; and 
"(5) provides for such fiscal-control and fund-accounting pro-
cedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and 
accounting for funds paid to the agency under this section. 
" (c) The Secretary shall make a grant under this section only if he 
finds that there is satisfactory assurance that the planning of solid 
waste disposal will be coordinated, so far as practicable, with and not 
duplicate other related State, interstate, regional, and local planning 
activities, including those financed in part with funds pursuant to sec-
post. p. 1780, 
tion 701 of the Housing Act of 1954. 
1804. 
° 
"GRANTS FOR RESOURCE RECOVERY SYSTEMS AND IMPROVED SOLID W^ASTE 
DISPOSAL FACILITIES 
"SEC. 208. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants pursuant 
to this section to any State, municipal, or interstate or intermunicipal 
agency for the demonstration of resource recovery systems or for the 
construction of new or improved solid waste disposal facilities. 
"(b) (1) Any grant under this section for the demonstration of a 
resource recovery system may be made only if it (A) is consistent with 
any plans which meet the requirements of section 207(b) (2) of this 
Act; (B) is consistent with the guidelines recommended pursuant to 
section 209 of this Act; (C) is designed to provide areawide resource 
recovery systems consistent with the purposes of this Act, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, pursuant to regulations promulgated under 
subsection (d) of this section; and (D) provides an equitable system 
for distributing the costs associated with construction, operation, and 
maintenance of any resource recovery system among the users of such 
system. 
Federal share, 
"(£) The Federal share for any project to which paragraph (1) 
*
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applies shall not be more than 75 percent. 
"(c) (1) A grant under this section for the construction of a new or 
improved solid waste disposal facility may be made only if— 
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" (A) a State or interstate plan for solid waste disposal lias been 
adopted which applies to the area involved, and the facility to be 
constructed (i) is consistent with such plan, (ii) is included in a 
comprehensive plan for the area involved which is satisfactory to 
the Secretary for the purposes of this Act, and (iii) is consistent 
with the guidelines recommended under section 209, and 
"(B) the project advances the state of the art by applying new 
and improved techniques in reducing the environmental impact 
of solid waste disposal, in achieving recovery of energy or 
resources, or in recycling useful materials. 
"(2) The Federal share for any project to which paragraph (1) 
applies shall be not more than 50 percent in the case of a project serv-
ing an area which includes only one municipality, and not more than 
75 percent in any other case. 
"(d) (1) The Secretary, within ninety days after the date of enact-
ment of the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, shall promulgate regula-
tions establishing a procedure for awarding grants under this section 
which— 
" (A) provides that projects will be carried out in communities 
of varying sizes, under such conditions as will assist in solving 
the community waste problems of urban-industrial centers, metro-
politan regions, and rural areas, under representative geographic 
and environmental conditions; and 
"(B) provides deadlines for submission of, and action on, grant 
requests. 
" (2) In taking action on applications for grants under this section, 
consideration shall be given by the Secretary (A) to the public bene-
fits to be derived by the construction and the propriety of Federal aid 
in making such grant; (B) to the extent applicable, to the economic 
and commercial viability of the project 
(including contractual 
arrangements with the private sector to market any resources recov-
ered) ; (C) to the potential of such project for general application to 
community solid waste disposal problems; and (D) to the use by the 
applicant of comprehensive regional or metropolitan area planning. 
"(e) A grant under this section— 
"(1) may be made only in the amount of the Federal share of 
(A) the estimated total design and construction costs, plus (B) in 
the case of a grant to which subsection (b) (1) applies, the first-
year operation and maintenance costs; 
"(2) may not be provided for land acquisition or (except as 
otherwise provided in paragraph (1) (B) for operating or mainte-
nance costs; 
"(3) may not be made until the applicant has made provision 
satisfactory to the Secretary for proper and efficient operation and 
maintenance of the project (subject to paragraph (1) ( B ) ) ; and 
"(4) may be made subject to such conditions and requirements, 
in addition to those provided in this section, as the Secretary may 
require to properly carry out his functions pursuant to this Act. 
For purposes of paragraph (1), the non-Federal share may be in any 
form, including, but not limited to, lands or interests therein needed 
for the project or personal property or services, the value of which 
shall be determined oy the Secretary. 
"(f) (1) Not more than 15 percent of the total of funds authorized 
to be appropriated under section 216 (a)(3) for any fiscal year to carry 
out this section shall be granted under this section for projects in any 
one State. 
"(2) The Secretary shall prescribe by regulation the manner in 
which this subsection shall apply to a grant under this section for a 
project in an area which includes all or part of more than one State. 
Regulations. 
Limitation. 
Post, p, 1234. 
Regulation. 
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u 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
"Eligible 
organization! 
Ante, p. 1230. 
Study. 
RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES 
"SEC. 209. (a) The Secretary shall, in cooperation with appropriate 
State, Federal, interstate, regional, and local agencies, allowing for 
public comment by other interested parties, as soon as practicable after 
the enactment of the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, recommend to 
appropriate agencies and publish in the Federal Register guidelines 
for solid waste recovery, collection, separation, and disposal systems 
(including systems for private use), which shall be consistent with 
public health and welfare, and air and water quality standards and 
adaptable to appropriate land-use plans. Such guidelines shall apply 
to such systems whether on land or water and shall be revised from 
time to time. 
"(b)(1) The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable, recommend 
model codes, ordinances, and statutes which are designed to imple-
ment this section and the purposes of this Act. 
"(2) The Secretary shall issue to appropriate Federal, interstate, 
regional, and local agencies information on technically feasible solid 
waste collection, separation, disposal, recycling, and recovery methods, 
including data on the cost of construction, operation, and maintenance 
of such methods. 
u 
GRANTS 
OR CONTRACTS 
FOR 
TRAINING PROJECTS 
"SEC. 210. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to, and 
contracts with, any eligible organization. For purposes of this section 
the term 'eligible organization' means a State or interstate agency, a 
municipality, educational institution, and any other organization 
which is capable of effectively carrying out a project which may be 
funded by grant under subsection (b) of this section. 
" (b) (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), grants or con-
tracts may be made to pay all or a part of the costs, as may be deter-
mined by the Secretary, of any project operated or to be operated by 
an eligible organization, which is designed— 
"(A) to develop, expand, or carry out a program (which may 
combine training, education, and employment) 
for training 
persons for occupations involving the management, supervision, 
design, operation, or maintenance of solid waste disposal and 
resource recovery equipment and facilities; or 
"(B) to train instructors and supervisory personnel to train or 
supervise persons in occupations involving the design, operation, 
and maintenance of solid waste disposal and resource recovery 
equipment and facilities. 
"(2) A grant or contract authorized by paragraph (1) of this sub-
section may be made only upon application to the Secretary at such 
time or times and containing such information as he may prescribe, 
except that no such application shall be approved unless it provides 
for the same procedures and reports (and access to such reports and 
to other records) as is required by section 207(b) (4) and (5) with 
respect to applications made under such section. 
"(c) The Secretary shall make a complete investigation and study 
to determine— 
"(1) the need for additional trained State and local personnel 
to carry out plans assisted under this Act and other solid waste 
and resource recovery p r o - a m s ; 
"(2) means of using existing training programs to train such 
personnel; and 
"(3) the extent and nature of obstacles to employment and 
occupational advancement in the solid waste disposal and resource 
recovery field which may limit either available manpower or the 
advancement of personnel in such field. 
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He shall report the results of such investigation and study, including 
his recommendations to the President and the Congress not later than 
one year after enactment of this Act. 
Report to Presi-
dent and Congress. 
"APPLICABILrrY OF SOLID WASTE 
DISPOSAL 
GI IDELINKS TO EXECUTIVE 
AGENCIES 
"SEC. 211. (a) (1) If— 
"(A) an Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5, 
United States Code) has jurisdiction over any real property or 
so stat. 379. 
facility the operation or administration of which involves such 
agency in solid waste disposal activities, or 
"(B) such an agency enters into a contract with any person for 
the operation by such person of any Federal property or facility, 
and the performance of such contract involves such person in solid 
waste disposal activities, 
then such agency shall insure compliance with the guidelines recom- 
compliance. 
mended under section 209 and the purposes of this Act in the operation 
or administration of such property or facility, or the performance of 
such contract, as the case may be. 
"(2) Each Executive agency which conducts any activity— 
"(A) which generates solid waste, and 
"(B) which, if conducted by a person other than such agency, 
would require a permit or license from such agency in order to dis-
ix)se of such solid waste, 
shall insure compliance with such guidelines and the purposes of this 
Act in conducting such activity. 
" (3) Each Executive agency which permits the use of Federal prop-
erty for purposes of disposal of solid waste shall insure compliance 
with such guidelines and the purposes of this Act in the disposal of 
such waste. 
"(4) The President shall prescribe regulations to carry out this 
Presidential 
s u b s e c t i o n . 
. 
. 
regulations. 
"(b) Each Executive agency which issues any license or permit for 
disposal of solid waste shall, prior to the issuance of such license or 
permit, consult with the Secretary to insure compliance with guidelines 
recommended under section 209 and the purposes of this Act. 
a NATIONAL DISPOSAL SITES STUDY 
"SEC. 212. The Secretary shall submit to the Congress no later than 
Report to con-
two years after the date of enactment of the Resource Recovery Act of «'^^^^-
1970, a comprehensive report and plan for the creation of a system of 
national disposal sites for the storage and disposal of hazardous wastes, 
including radioactive, toxic chemical, biological, and other wastes 
which may endanger public health or welfare. Such report shall 
include: (1) a list of materials which should be subject to disposal in 
any such site; (2) current methods of disposal of such materials; (3) 
recommended methods of reduction, neutralization, recovery, or dis-
posal of such materials; (4) an inventory of possible sites including 
existing land or water disposal sites operated or licensed by Federal 
agencies; (5) an estimate of the cost of developing and maintaining 
sites including consideration of means for distributing the short- and 
long-term costs of operating such sites among the users thereof; and 
(6) such other information as may be appropriate." 
(c) Section 215 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (as so redesignated 
by subsection (b) of this section) is amended by striking out the head-
Ante, p. 1229. 
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Grants, prohibi-
tion. 
Appropriat ion. 
Ante, p. 1230. 
Program evalua-
tion. 
Funds, avail-
ability. 
ing thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "GENERAL PROVISIONS"; by 
inserting " ( a ) " before "Payments"; and by adding at the end thereof 
the following: 
"(b) No grant may be made under this Act to any private profit-
making organization." 
SEC. 105. Section 216 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (as so redesig-
nated by section 104 of this Act) is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 216. (a) (1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for carrying out the 
provisions of this Act (including, but not limited to, section 208), not 
to exceed $41,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971. 
"(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out the provisions of this 
Act, other than section 208, not to exceed $72,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1972, and not to exceed $76,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1973. 
"(3) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare to carry out section 208 of this Act not 
to exceed $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1972, and not 
to exceed $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1973. 
"(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
the Interior to carry out this Act not to exceed $8,750,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1971, not to exceed $20,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1972, and not to exceed $22,500,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1973. Prior to expending any funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this subsection, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
consult with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to assure 
that the expenditure of such funds will be consistent with the purposes 
of this Act. 
"(c) Such portion as the Secretary may determine, but not more 
than 1 per centum, of any appropriation for grants, contracts, or other 
payments under any provision of this Act for any fiscal year beginning 
after June 30, 1970, shall be available for evaluation (directly, or by 
grants or contracts) of any program authorized by this Act. 
"(d) Sums appropriated under this section shall remain available 
until expended." 
TITLE II—NATIONAL MATERIALS POLICY 
Citation of title. 
National Com-
mission on Ma-
terials Policy; 
e stablishment; 
membership. 
Travel ex-
penses, etc. 
SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "National Materials Policy 
Act of 1970". 
SEC. 202. It is the purpose of this title to enhance environmental 
quality and conserve materials by developing a national materials 
policy to utilize present resources and technology more efficiently, to 
anticipate the future materials requirements of the Nation and the 
world, and to make recommendations on the supply, use, recovery, and 
disposal of materials. 
SEC. 203. (a) There is hereby created the National Commission on 
Materials Policy (hereafter referred to as the "Commission") which 
shall be composed of seven members chosen from Government service 
and the private sector for their outstanding qualifications and demon-
strated competence with regard to matters related to materials policy, 
to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, one of whom he shall designate as Chairman. 
(b) The members of the Commission shall serve without compen-
sation, but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other neces-
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sary expenses incurred by them in carrying out the duties of the 
Commission. 
SEC. 204. The Commission shall make a full and complete inves-
tigation and study for the purpose of developing a national materials 
l)olicy which shall include, without being limited to, a determination 
of— 
(1) national and international materials requirements, prior-
ities, and objectives, both current and future, including economic 
projections; 
(2) the relationship of materials policy to (A) national and 
international population size and 
(B) the enhancement of 
environmental quality; 
(3) recommended means for the extraction, development, and 
use of materials which are susceptible to recycling, reuse, or self-
destruction, in order to enhance environmental quality and con-
serve materials; 
(4) means of exploiting existing scientific knowledge in the 
supply, use, recovery, and disposal of materials and encouraging 
further research and education in this field; 
(5) means to enhance coordination and cooperation among Fed-
eral departments and agencies in materials usage so that such 
usage might best serve the national materials policy; 
(6) the feasibility and desirability of establishing computer 
inventories of national and international materials requirements, 
supplies, and alternatives; and 
(7) which Federal agency or agencies shall be assigned con-
tinuing responsibility for the implementation of the national 
materials policy. 
(b) In order to carry out the purposes of this title, the Commission 
is authorized— 
(1) to request the cooperation and assistance of such other Fed-
eral departments and agencies as may be appropriate; 
(2) to appoint and fix the compensation of such staff personnel 
as may be necessary, without regard to the provisions of title 5, 
United States Code, governing appointments in the competitve 
service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 
subchapter I I I of such title relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates; and 
(3) to obtain the services of experts and consultants, in accord-
ance with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem. 
(c) The Commission shall submit to the President and to the Con-
gress a report wath respect to its findings and recommendations no 
later than June 30,1973, and shall terminate not later than ninety days 
after submission of such report. 
(d) Upon request by the Commission, each Federal department and 
agency is authorized and directed to furnish, to the greatest extent 
practicable, such information and assistance as the Commission may 
request. 
SEC. 205. When used in this title, the term "materials" means 
natural resources intended to be utilized by industry for the production 
of goods, with the exclusion of food. 
SEC. 206. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of 
$2,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this title. 
Approved October 26, 1970. 
study. 
Agency coopera-
tion. 
Personnel, 
80 Stat. 443, 
467; Ante, p. 198-1. 
5 u s e 5101, 
5331, 
Experts and 
consultants, 
80 Stat, 416, 
Report to Presi-
dent and Congress. 
Termination, 
Agency assist-
ance. 
"Materials," 
Appropriation,