Topic

Solid waste and recycling

1,379 bills on this subject

Filed across 10 Congresses, from the 110th to the 119th, and most in the 116th at 268. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 110th to 119th
163 bills in the 111th Congress. Showing 151–163, newest first. Every Congress
Bill Title Status Latest action
S 636 A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to conform the definition of renewable biomass to the definition given the term in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. March 18, 2009
S 624 Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2010 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. September 22, 2010
S 418 Secondary Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. February 11, 2009
S 336 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 19. January 27, 2009
S 323 Rural Revitalization Act of 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. January 26, 2009
S 277 Serve America Act Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 34. March 18, 2009
S 247 Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S396-397) January 14, 2009
S 237 Great Lakes Collaboration Implementation Act of 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. January 14, 2009
S 140 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2009 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-116. July 14, 2009
S 20 Clean Energy Standard Act of 2010 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. September 29, 2010
SRES 677 A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of recycling and the inception of recycling on the National Mall. Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7909) November 15, 2010
SRES 539 A resolution designating May 24, 2010, as "Prescription Drug Disposal Awareness Day". Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4162; text as passed Senate: CR S4162; text of measure as introduced: CR S4148) May 24, 2010
SRES 64 A resolution recognizing the need for the Environmental Protection Agency to end decades of delay and utilize existing authority under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to comprehensively regulate coal combustion waste and the need for the Tennessee Valley Authority to be a national leader in technological innovation, low-cost power, and environmental stewardship. Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2775) March 4, 2009

Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.