Save Our Soldiers' Lungs Act

Save Our Soldiers' Lungs Act - Includes within the definition of "covered waste" for purposes of the Department of Defense (DOD) prohibition against disposal of certain waste in open-air burn pits:

• tires;
• treated wood;
• batteries;
• plastics, except insignificant amounts of plastic remaining after a good-faith effort to remove or recover plastic materials from the solid waste stream;
• munitions and explosives;
• compressed gas cylinders, unless empty with valves removed;
• fuel containers, unless completely evacuated of contents;
• aerosol cans;
• polychlorinated biphenyls;
• petroleum, oils, and lubricants products (other than waste fuel for initial combustion);
• asbestos;
• mercury;
• foam tent material; and
• any item containing any of such materials.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2303 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2303

To define the term ``covered waste'' for purposes of the Department of 
 Defense prohibition on the disposal of certain waste in open-air burn 
                                 pits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2013

 Ms. Shea-Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To define the term ``covered waste'' for purposes of the Department of 
 Defense prohibition on the disposal of certain waste in open-air burn 
                                 pits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Save Our Soldiers' Lungs Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON DISPOSING OF WASTE IN OPEN-AIR 
              BURN PITS.

    For the purposes of Department of Defense Instruction 4715.19, 
issued as required by section 317 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) or 
any successor instruction, the term ``covered waste'' specifically 
includes, in addition to the materials already specified in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (c)(2) of such section, the 
following:
            (1) Tires.
            (2) Treated wood.
            (3) Batteries.
            (4) Plastics, except insignificant amounts of plastic 
        remaining after a good-faith effort to remove or recover 
        plastic materials from the solid waste stream.
            (5) Munitions and explosives, the destruction of which is 
        covered in Department of Defense Instruction 6055.09-M 
        (Reference (i)).
            (6) Compressed gas cylinders, unless empty with valves 
        removed.
            (7) Fuel containers, unless completely evacuated of its 
        contents.
            (8) Aerosol cans.
            (9) Polychlorinated biphenyls.
            (10) Petroleum, oils, and lubricants products (other than 
        waste fuel for initial combustion).
            (11) Asbestos.
            (12) Mercury.
            (13) Foam tent material.
            (14) Any item containing any of the materials referred to 
        in a preceding paragraph.
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