Recycling Technology Innovation Act

119 HR 6566 IH: Recycling Technology Innovation Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-12-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6566 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2025 Mr. Crenshaw (for himself and Mr. Palmer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude certain units of facilities from the definition of solid waste incineration unit, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recycling Technology Innovation Act . 2. Definition of solid waste incineration unit Section 129(g)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7429(g)(1) ) is amended— (1) by striking unit.— The term and inserting unit.— (A) In general The term ; (2) by striking include (A) materials and inserting include— (i) materials ; (3) by striking metals, (B) qualifying and inserting metals; (ii) qualifying ; (4) by striking purposes, or (C) air and inserting purposes; (iii) air ; (5) by striking rule. and inserting rule; or (iv) a unit that converts or transforms plastic or post-use polymers through pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization, catalytic cracking, solvolysis, or chemolysis into outputs of which at least 50 percent by mass, as calculated via a method determined by the Administrator by rule, are products. ; and (6) by adding at the end the following: (B) Petitions for treatment (i) In general An owner or operator of a unit that converts or transforms plastic or post-use polymers and that is not described in subparagraph (A)(iv) may submit to the Administrator a petition requesting that such unit be treated as excluded from the definition of solid waste incineration unit. (ii) Process For any such petition, the Administrator shall— (I) make publicly available the complete petition; (II) seek public comment on the petition; and (III) approve or deny the petition not later than 180 days after the date on which the Administrator receives the petition. (C) Product defined In this paragraph, the term product — (i) means a material output that— (I) is a usable substance or material with a consumer, commercial, or industrial application; and (II) can be sold, or used as an input in the manufacture of another product; and (ii) does not include— (I) electricity, heat, or steam; and (II) soot, char, dust, or ash. .