Letter addressed to a friend regarding support for Bottle Bill legislation · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_406
Title: Letter addressed to a friend regarding support for Bottle Bill legislation
Description: In a letter addressed to a friend (likely a congressional colleague), U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin advocated for proposed national bottle bill legislation. A bottle bill is legislation that aims to create a deposit-based returnable system for single use beverage containers. Congressman AuCoin explained in his letter how he was among the writers of Oregon's Bottle Bill of 1971, the first of such legislation passed in the nation. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date: Year(s): 1980
Date: Display: April 24, 1980
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; Environmental policy; Beverage containers--Recycling--Law and legislation
Place: United States; Oregon
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text