National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2002
Latest action · Apr 22, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3016-3018)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 22, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prohibits the sale of a beverage in a beverage container unless a clear refund value statement prominently appears on the container.
Requires each beverage container agency (the brand owner or an entity acting as its agent) to submit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a recycling management plan subject to the Administrator's approval and a fee to cover administrative costs.
Requires sellers of beverages to collect from each purchaser at the time of sale a deposit no greater than a specified minimum refund value and pay the refund value upon container returns either in cash or in the form of a voucher.
Establishes a recovery rate performance standard and penalties for failure to achieve such rate. Requires arbitration to settle disputes between a beverage container agency and a return site.
Imposes penalties for violations of this Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Apr 22, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3015-3016)
- Apr 22, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3016-3018)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3015Text printed S3016–S3018 | James M. Jeffords R-VT (text) | Apr 22, 2002 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-1006 | RECYCLING: FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING PROGRAMS136 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Jul 11, 2002 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5210 | National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2002 | Identical bill | Jul 29, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require implementation by brand owners of management plans that provide refund values for certain beverage containers.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Beverage Producer Responsibility Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Agriculture and Food
- Auditing
- Beverage containers
- Commerce
- Commercial arbitration
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer education
- Environmental law enforcement
- Environmental Protection
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial statements
- Fines (Penalties)
- Food industry
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Glass recycling
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Imports
- Incineration
- Labeling
- Landfills
- Law
- Marketing
- Paper recycling
- Planning
- Plastics recycling
- Recycling of waste products
- Retail trade
- Soft drink industry
- Standards
- Waste disposal sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2002Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
