Responsible Electronics Recycling Act
Latest action · Jun 29, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2011 to Jul 31, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Original | Jun 22, 2011 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Jun 22, 2011 |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Original | Jun 22, 2011 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Aug 5, 2011 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Aug 5, 2011 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Oct 12, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Nov 2, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Nov 15, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Nov 18, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Dec 1, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Dec 14, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Dec 15, 2011 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Jan 17, 2012 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Jan 24, 2012 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Jan 24, 2012 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Feb 2, 2012 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Feb 2, 2012 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Feb 15, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Mar 27, 2012 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | May 30, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jul 23, 2012 | |
| R-PA | Bill Shuster | Jul 31, 2012 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2011 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jun 22, 2011 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2011 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jun 29, 2011 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Jun 22, 2011Introduced in House
- Jun 22, 2011Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jun 22, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4458.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1270 | Responsible Electronics Recycling Act | Identical bill | Jun 29, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the export from the United States of certain electronic waste, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Responsible Electronics Recycling Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
- Business records
- Computers and information technology
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Materials
- Metals
- Research administration and funding
- Solid waste and recycling
- Trade restrictions
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2011Introduced in House
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.
