HR 2140
102th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Compost
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Federal aid highway program
Highway beautification
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Roads and highways
Transportation research
To require the Secretary of Transportation to conduct research on the management of waste found along Federal-aid highways, including the application of compost in landscaping and roadside development of such highways.
Introduced: April 30, 1991
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 9, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Apr 30, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
Apr 30, 1991
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to conduct research on the advantages and disadvantages of: (1) recycling, reprocessing, and composting waste found along Federal aid highways; and (2) applying compost in landscape and roadside development and planting wildflowers along such highways.
Directs the Secretary: (1) in conducting such research, to analyze the relative merits of using various types and qualities of compost (including compost made with solid waste, sewage sludge, or both) and to consult with interested parties in Government and in the private sector; and (2) to report to the Congress on such research with recommendations for management of waste along Federal aid highways.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1