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Senate Bill 1194
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Recycling and Composting Accountability Act
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Amendments
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Passed Senate on Mar 12, 2024
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Apr 19, 2023
Latest Action
Mar 15, 2024
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1194
Congress
118
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection
Primary focus of measure is regulation of pollution including from hazardous substances and radioactive releases; climate change and greenhouse gases; environmental assessment and research; solid waste and recycling; ecology. Measures concerning energy exploration, efficiency, and conservation may fall under Energy policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Senate Votes (1)
House Votes (0)
checkPassed on March 12, 2024
Status
Passed
Type
Unanimous Consent
Unanimous Consent
A senator may request unanimous consent on the floor to set aside a specified rule of procedure so as to expedite proceedings. If no Senator objects, the Senate permits the action, but if any one senator objects, the request is rejected. Unanimous consent requests with only immediate effects are routinely granted, but ones affecting the floor schedule, the conditions of considering a bill or other business, or the rights of other senators, are normally not offered, or a floor leader will object to it, until all senators concerned have had an opportunity to inform the leaders that they find it acceptable.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Summary

Recycling and Composting Accountability Act

This bill establishes data collection and reporting requirements concerning composting and recycling programs.

Specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must issue several reports related to composting and recycling, including a report on the capability of the United States to implement a national composting strategy in order to reduce contamination rates for recycling.

The EPA must also

  • inventory certain facilities that recycle residential materials and describe the materials that the facilities can process;
  • collect data related to curbside and drop-off recycling and composting programs in order to establish a comprehensive baseline of data for the U.S. recycling system; and
  • develop and disseminate best practices that states, local governments, and Indian tribes may use to enhance recycling and composting.

The EPA must also develop a metric for determining the proportion of recyclable materials in commercial and municipal waste streams that is being diverted from circular markets, which are markets that utilize industrial processes and economic activities to enable post-industrial and post-consumer materials used in those processes and activities to maintain their highest values for as long as possible. After developing the metric, the EPA must then study the proportion of recyclable materials in such waste streams that were diverted from those markets in the prior ten years.

Finally, the Government Accountability Office must report on the recycling practices of federal agencies.

Text (3)
March 12, 2024
June 22, 2023
April 19, 2023
Amendments (1)
Mar 12, 2024
Agreed to in Senate
1
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 1692
To modify the authorization of appropriations.
Agreed To
Actions (11)
03/15/2024
Held at the desk.
03/15/2024
Received in the House.
03/14/2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
03/12/2024
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2369-2370)
03/12/2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
03/12/2024
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2368-2370)
06/22/2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 105.
06/22/2023
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. With written report No. 118-42.
04/26/2023
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
04/19/2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
04/19/2023
Introduced in Senate
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Oct 4, 2024 8:11:20 PM