United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5117 (100th)
A bill to require that plastic ring carrier devices be degradable.
Introduced
28 July 1988
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Status
House Incorporated this Measure in S.1986 as an Amendment.
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Summary
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to require, within two years of this Act's enactment, if feasible, that plastic ring carriers (such as those on canned beverage six-packs) which are capable, when discarded, of becoming entangled with fish or wildlife be made of naturally degradable material.
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2 official files
Passed House amended
summary · EN · 4 October 1988
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 28 July 1988
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5117
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/100/hr/5117