NATIONAL WASTE & RECYCLING ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL WASTE & RECYCLING ASSOCIATION

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Regulation of mobile phones as inherently addictive devices resulting in distractions causing injuries / deaths from their use

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); President of the U.S.; SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Roads/Highway ROD

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) ) - surface transportation reauthorization, funding for roads and bridges, and inclusion of the Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education (RECYCLE) Act of 2021 and the DRIVE-Safe Act

Contacted: President of the U.S.; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3684 (117th)

Transportation TRA

DRIVE-Safe Act (S. 659 & H.R. 1745) - allow individuals holding Commercial Drivers Licenses to drive interstate at the age of 18 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) - surface transportation reauthorization, funding for roads and bridges, and inclusion of the Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education (RECYCLE) Act of 2021 and the DRIVE-Safe Act

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; President of the U.S.; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 659 (117th), H.R. 3684 (117th), H.R. 1745 (117th)

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS

RECYCLE Act (S. 923 & H.R. 2159) - recycling education for the general public RECOVER Act (H.R. 2357) - tax credits for increasing domestic recycling infrastructure Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act (S. 984 & H.R. 2238) - national container deposit Cultivating Organic Matter through Promotion of Sustainable Techniques (COMPOST) Act (H.R. 4443 / S. 2388) - creating new United States Department of Agriculture grant and loan programs as well as composting infrastructure projects Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) ) - surface transportation reauthorization, funding for roads and bridges, and inclusion of the Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education (RECYCLE) Act of 2021 and the DRIVE-Safe Act PFAS Action Act of 2021 (H.R. 2467) - offers a CERCLA liability shield to airports that release PFAS into their environment through their use of firefighting foam; as receivers of PFAS, Congress should extend the same CERCLA liability protection to municipal solid waste landfills

Contacted: President of the U.S.; SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2238 (117th), H.R. 2467 (117th), H.R. 3684 (117th), S. 923 (117th), H.R. 4443 (117th), H.R. 2357 (117th), S. 984 (117th), S. 2388 (117th), H.R. 2159 (117th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2021 (S. 2435) - support repealing the federal excise tax on heavy trucks RECOVER Act (H.R. 2357) - tax credits for increasing domestic recycling infrastructure Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) - opposition to tax increases Support permanently preserving the current limit on business interest deductions set to be expiring in 2022 Support bipartisan package of carbon management policies including strengthening 45Q tax credits and providing financial resources for carbon dioxide transportation and storage networks as well as a carbon capture pilot program

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); President of the U.S.; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2357 (117th), S. 2435 (117th), H.R. 5376 (117th)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

DRIVE-Safe Act (S. 659 & H.R. 1745) - allow individuals holding Commercial Drivers Licenses to drive interstate at the age of 18 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) ) - surface transportation reauthorization, funding for roads and bridges, and inclusion of the Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education (RECYCLE) Act of 2021 and the DRIVE-Safe Act

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); SENATE; President of the U.S.

Bills named: H.R. 1745 (117th), H.R. 3684 (117th), S. 659 (117th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Save Local Business Act (S. 1636 & H.R. 3185) - codify a direct control joint-employer standard in both the Fair Labor Standards Act and National Labor Relations Act Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (S. 420 & H.R. 842) - oppose restructuring of federal labor laws

Contacted: President of the U.S.; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 842 (117th), S. 420 (117th), H.R. 3185 (117th), S. 1636 (117th)