Responsible Electronics Recycling Act
Official title: To prohibit the export from the United States of certain electronic waste, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Responsible Electronics Recycling Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) prohibit the export of restricted electronic waste to countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or the European Union (EU), or Liechtenstein; (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and promulgate procedures for identifying certain electronic equipment as well as additional restricted toxic materials contained in such equipment which poses a potential hazard to human health or the environment; and (3) establish criminal penalties for knowingly exporting restricted electronic waste in violation of this Act. Allows certain exceptions to such export ban.
Defines "restricted electronic waste" to include electronic equipment, such as computers, televisions, printers, copiers, video game systems, telephones, and similar used electronic products, that contain cathode ray tubes, batteries, switches, capacitors, and other parts containing lead, cadmium, mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls, chromium, beryllium, or other toxic ingredients.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6252: Responsible Electronics Recycling Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6252/
"H.R. 6252: Responsible Electronics Recycling Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6252/.
H.R. 6252, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6252/.
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