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On the recordJuly 28, 2022
So with that, as if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 358, S. 3743. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3743) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities to improve recycling and composting programs in the United States, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Recycling and Composting Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. (a) In General.--In this Act: (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Circular market.--The term ``circular market'' means a market that utilizes 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.…
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Tom Carper
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