“To require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study regarding aluminum recycling.”
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This section directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, to conduct an ongoing study assessing the amount of aluminum disposed of in landfills. Not later than three years after enactment and triennially thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the EPA Administrator, must submit to the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology and the Senate Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Energy and Natural Resources a report on the study that includes (1) annual estimates of aluminum landfilled and associated end-use markets; (2) annual estimates for industrial waste sites and automotive applications; (3) annual estimates of aluminum scrap exports through foreign purchases, in aggregate and by country, including to foreign entities of concern; (4) improvements needed in collection and sorting technologies to return aluminum to the supply chain; (5) policies to divert aluminum from landfills and retain scrap in the domestic supply chain; and (6) effects of increased domestic aluminum recycling on U.S. dependence on foreign entities of concern and domestic manufacturing capacity. The section defines "aluminum scrap," "foreign entity of concern" (by reference to 42 U.S.C. 18741(a)), and "Secretary."