The legislation would impose a $250 fine for a first offense.
In no other area of environmental policy does legislation impose such burdens for so little gain.
European legislation imposes this duty, but only in certain circumstances.
The legislation could also have imposed penalties for failing to create the accounts.
The report identifies which legislation before the Congress would have imposed federal mandates on another level of government or the private sector.
Other legislation authorizes or imposes taxes against particular subject matter.
Other states in the Northeast are expected to consider legislation imposing limits on packaging this year.
The legislation imposes many new restrictions on aid to legal immigrants who are not yet citizens.
The legislation also imposes federal standards, starting in 2004.
But the legislation did not impose a time limit on the subsidy, which has swelled to a total of $128.7 million since 1982.