US Congress Senate Bill 1270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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June 29 2011 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4173)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Responsible Electronics Recycling Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) prohibit the export of restricted electronic waste to countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or the European Union (EU), or Liechtenstein; (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and promulgate procedures for identifying certain electronic equipment as well as additional restricted toxic materials contained in such equipment which poses a potential hazard to human health or the environment; and (3) establish criminal penalties for knowingly exporting restricted electronic waste in violation of this Act. Allows certain exceptions to such export ban. Defines "restricted electronic waste" to include electronic equipment (excluding parts of a motor vehicle), such as computers, televisions, printers, copiers, video game systems, telephones, and similar used electronic products, that contain cathode ray tubes, batteries, switches, and other parts containing lead, cadmium, mercury, organic solvents, hexavalent chromium, beryllium, or other toxic ingredients. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require persons who handle restricted electronic wastes to permit appropriate EPA and state officials access to such wastes upon request. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish the Rare Earth Materials Recycling Research Initiative to provide grants for research in the recycling of rare earth materials found in electronic devices.

Responsible Electronics Recycling Act

Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon	Sen Brown, Sherrod	Sen Coons, Christopher A.	Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Sen Murkowski, Lisa

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-06-29	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4173)
2011-06-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB2284 (Same As) 2011-06-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN01270:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1270is/pdf/BILLS-112s1270is.pdf