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42 U.S.C. 6903: Definitions

Created in 1976 by Public Law 89-272. Changed by 6 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

14 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 2708, 25 U.S.C. 3902, 26 U.S.C. 45, 33 U.S.C. 2601, 42 U.S.C. 6921.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Environmental Protection Agency (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1992

    • Pub. L. 102–386, §103, inserted before period at end "and shall include each department, agency, and instrumentality of the United States". · (15)
    • Pub. L. 102–386, §105(b), added par. (41). · (41)

    1988

    • Pub. L. 100–582 added par. (40). · (40)

    1980

    • Pub. L. 96–482, §2(a), defined "open dump" to include a facility, substituted requirement that disposal facility or site not be a sanitary landfill meeting section 6944 of this title criteria for prior requirement that disposal site not be a sanitary landfill within meaning of section 69… · (14)
    • Pub. L. 96–482, §2(b), defined "recovered material" to cover byproducts, substituted provision for recovery or diversion of waste material and byproducts from solid waste for prior provision for collection or recovery of material from solid waste, and excluded materials and byproducts ge… · (19)
    • Pub. L. 96–463, §3, added pars. (36) to (39). · (36), (37), (38), (39)

    1978

    • Pub. L. 95–609, §7(b)(1), struck out provision stating that employees' salaries due pursuant to subchapter IV of this chapter would not be included after Dec. 31, 1979. · (8)
    • Pub. L. 95–609, §7(b)(2), substituted "management" for "disposal". · (10)
    • Pub. L. 95–609, §7(b)(3), substituted "the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment or disposal" for "the treatment". · (29)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.