42 USC § 6953 - Development of markets for recovered materials

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s6953"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 6953 - Development of markets for recovered materials"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6953"
section_name: "Development of markets for recovered materials"
chapter_number: 82
chapter_name: "SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE IN RESOURCE AND RECOVERY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 5003, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2821; amended Pub. L. 96–482, § 21(b), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2346.)"
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# § 6953. Development of markets for recovered materials

The Secretary of Commerce shall within two years after September 1, 1979, take such actions as may be necessary to—

**(1)** identify the geographical location of existing or potential markets for recovered materials;

**(2)** identify the economic and technical barriers to the use of recovered materials; and

**(3)** encourage the development of new uses for recovered materials.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 5003, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2821; amended Pub. L. 96–482, § 21(b), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2346.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980— substituted “” for “”.