Action Needed: Please write or call your member of Congress. Ask
them to support the Farr language in the Legislative Appropriations
Bill (H.R. 1905) requiring Congress to recycle.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dornatt, Rochelle
To: Bill Sheehan
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999
Subject: RE: URGENT - CALL CONGRESS TO KEEP RECYCLING AMENDMENT
The language in text form is below. It is located on page 18 in HR 1905.
It is Sec. 107 of the bill.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 107. (a) PARTICIPATION IN OFFICE WASTE RE-
CYCLING PROGRAM.-Each Member and each employing
authority of the House of Representatives shall comply
with the Architect of the Capitol's Office Waste Recycling
Program for the House of Representatives (hereafter in
this section referred to as the ''Program''). The Architect
shall provide a convenient, clearly marked, and effective
system for the collection of recyclable materials under the
Program.
(b) REPORT.-The Architect of the Capitol shall sub-
mit semiannually to the Committees on Appropriations
and House Administration of the House of Representa-
tives a written report on the status and results of the Pro-
gram.
(c) USE OF PROCEEDS FOR CHILD CARE CENTER.-
All funds collected through the sale of materials under the
Program shall be deposited in an account established in
the Treasury. Amounts in such account shall be used for
payment of activities and expenses of the House of Rep-
sentatives childe Care Center, to the extent provided in
appropriations Acts.