,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hghd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ai1 #bjbj 
,mr4 ,curtis 7for himself and ,mr4      
,phillips7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,foreign          
,assistance ,act of #aifa to authorize  
the ,united ,states ,agency for         
,international ,development to accept or
 purchase used property for planning and
 implementation of wind energy programs 
under that ,act4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,worldwide    
,wind ,turbine ,act4  #b4 ,findings     
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,eighty-five to #ij percent of a wind   
turbine is recyclable1 and is done so   
economically4 ,however1 some pieces of  
the turbine1 notably the blade1 do not  
have economical recycling options in the
 ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,these blades   
are often made out of either glass or   
carbon fiber and held together with a   

series of resins and polymers4  7#c7    
,these blades are built to last for     
decades and withstand the harshest      
conditions1 making their strength their 
weakness for recyclability4  7#d7       
,currently1 these blades are landfilled 
at a low cost and because they are an   
inert product1 can safely be stored for 
long periods of time without            
contaminating local soil or aquifers4   
7#e7 ,these blades often have useful    
life left and can be used on a new      
turbine1 potentially lowering costs on  
other projects or enabling projects that
 may not otherwise have been carried    
out4  #c4 ,authority of ,united ,states 
,agency for ,international ,development 
to accept or purchase used property for 
planning and implementation of wind     
energy programs ,section #ajf of the    
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #baea;d7 is amended by adding 
at the end the following3  7g7          
,authority ,to accept or purchase used  
property  7#a7 ,in general ,the         

,administrator of the ,united ,states   
,agency for ,international ,development 
is authorized to accept as donation or  
purchase1 use1 and dispose of used      
property for the planning and           
implementation of wind energy programs  
under this chapter as appropriate and   
consistent with country needs and the   
,agency's ,country ,development         
,cooperation ,strategy4 ,in the case of 
donation of used property described in  
this paragraph1 the ,administrator shall
 require the donor to provide the       
,administrator with information on the  
age and origins of the used property4   
7#b7 ,consideration and approval of     
applications ,the ,administrator shall  
establish a process to--  7,a7 consider 
applications submitted to the           
,administrator for the donation of used 
property described in paragraph 7#a72   
and  7,b7 approve any such application  
if the ,administrator determines that it
 meets the requirements described in    
paragraph 7#a74  4