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HR 5970 101th Congress House

Public Recreation Area Recycling Incentives and Education Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a comprehensive recycling program for units operated by the National Park Service and the United States F… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a comprehensive recycling program for units operated by the National Park Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish such a program for the United States Forest Service, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 27, 1990 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Environmental educationNational forestsNational parksNational recreation areasRecycling of waste products
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 3, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Oct 27, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy.
Oct 27, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Oct 27, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Oct 27, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Oct 27, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 27, 1990
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 3, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Recreation Area Recycling Incentives and Education Act - Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to establish a comprehensive recycling program for public recreation areas operated by the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service.

Requires the Secretaries to establish certain defined criteria under which each Service may exclude portions of public recreation areas from the recycling program.

Permits each Service to use any revenues received from recycling programs for: (1) resource management, research, and interpretation; and (2) other public purposes relating to the enhancement of the public recreation areas at which the revenues were realized.

Requires the Secretaries to study the effectiveness of the respective recycling programs established under this Act.

Requires the Secretaries to direct each manager of a public recreation area conducting a recycling program to educate visitors to the public recreation area about: (1) the recycling program for such area; and (2) the benefits to the public recreation area and the local community of such program.

Authorizes appropriations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5970: Public Recreation Area Recycling Incentives and Education Act. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-5970/
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