HR 5117 · 100th Congress · Environmental Protection
A bill to require that plastic ring carrier devices be degradable.
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EnactedLatest: House Incorporated this Measure in S.1986 as an Amendment.(1988-10-04)
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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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3 Democrats2 Republicans