,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #i1       
#bjai,ms4 ,stabenow 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,boozman1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,mr4 ,isakson1  
,ms4 ,baldwin1 and ,mr4 ,cassidy7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend the ,internal ,revenue ,code of   
#aihf to modify the definition of       
municipal solid waste4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,protect
 ,america's ,paper for ,recycling ,act4 
#b4 ,modification to definition of      
municipal solid waste  7a7 ,in general  
,paragraph 7#f7 of section #de7;c7 of   
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is
 amended to read as follows3  7#f7      
,municipal solid waste  7,a7 ,in general
 ,the term municipal solid waste has the
 meaning given the term solid waste     
under section #ajjd7bg7 of the ,solid   
,waste ,disposal ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#fijc7bg771 except that such term does  

not include-- 7i7 paper which is        
commonly recycled and which has been    
segregated from other solid waste 7as so
 defined71 or  7ii7 solid waste 7as so  
defined7 which is collected as part of a
 system which commingles commonly       
recycled paper with other solid waste   
which is not commonly recycled at any   
point from the time of collection       
through any materials recovery4  7,b7   
,special rule with respect to incidental
 and residual waste ,subparagraph       
7,a77ii7 shall not apply to-- 7i7 solid 
waste 7as so defined7 which only        
contains an incidental amount of        
commonly recycled paper1 and  7ii7 solid
 waste 7as so defined7 which is residual
 waste generated at a materials recovery
 facility that receives and processes   
only paper and other recyclable         
materials containing no more than an    
incidental amount of non-recyclable     
solid waste4  7,c7 ,no effect on        
existing processes ,nothing in          
subparagraph 7,a7 shall be interpreted  

to require a ,state or a political      
subdivision of a ,state1 directly or    
indirectly1 to change the systems1      
processes1 or equipment it uses to      
collect1 treat1 dispose1 or otherwise   
use municipal solid waste1 within the   
meaning of the ,solid ,waste ,disposal  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fijc et seq471 nor 
require a change to the regulations that
 implement subtitle ,d of such ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #fija et seq474  4  7b7      
,rules with respect to electricity      
produced from solid waste ,subsection   
7e7 of section #de of the ,internal     
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#ab7 ,source of municipal  
solid waste feedstock ,in the case of a 
qualified facility that produces        
electricity both from municipal solid   
waste and other solid waste that is not 
a qualified energy resource-- 7,a7 such 
facility shall be considered a qualified
 facility if it otherwise meets the     
requirements of subsection 7d71 and     

7,b7 subsection 7a7 shall only apply to 
that portion of the electricity produced
 from municipal solid waste4  4  7c7    
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable     
years beginning after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act4