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To require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study regarding aluminum recycling.
Summary
The CANS Act of 2026 requires the Secretary of the Interior to study how much aluminum is disposed of in landfills each year. The Secretary must report to Congress every three years starting three years after the law takes effect, detailing aluminum waste from industrial sites and the automotive industry. The reports must assess technologies for collecting and sorting aluminum and recommend policies to divert it from landfills and keep it in the domestic supply chain. The study will also examine aluminum exports, particularly to foreign countries of concern, and analyze how increased domestic recycling could reduce the United States' dependence on foreign aluminum sources and strengthen domestic manufacturing.
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- Mar 18, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Mar 18, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 18, 2026
Mr. Wittman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study regarding aluminum recycling.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Counting Aluminum Net Surplus Act of 2026” or the “CANS Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. ALUMINUM RECYCLING STUDY.
(a) In General.—The Secretary shall carry out an ongoing study to assess the amount of aluminum disposed of in landfills.
(b) Report.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this section and triennially thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report regarding the study required under subsection (a).
(2) Requirements.—Each report submitted under paragraph
(1) shall include the following information:
(A) An estimate of the amount of aluminum disposed of in landfills each year and the associated end-use market of such aluminum.
(B) An estimate of the amount of aluminum disposed of in landfills by industrial waste sites and automotive industry application each year.
(C) An estimate of the amount of aluminum, both in aggregate and per country, exported through foreign scrap purchases, including to foreign entities of concern, each year.
(D) Improvements to collection and sorting technologies needed to ensure aluminum is returned to and used in the supply chain.
(E) Policies necessary to ensure that—
(i) aluminum can be diverted from landfills; and
(ii) aluminum scrap that would otherwise be exported remains in the domestic supply chain.
(F) The effect of increased domestic aluminum recycling on—
(i) lessening the dependence of the United States on foreign entities of concern for sourcing aluminum; and
(ii) domestic manufacturing capacity for aluminum.
(c) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Aluminum scrap.—The term “aluminum scrap” means scrap that is composed primarily of aluminum.
(2) Foreign entity of concern.—The term “foreign entity of concern” has the meaning given the term in section 40207(a) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18741(a)).
(3) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey. <all>
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