RECYCLING PROGRAM.

SEC. 5202. RECYCLING PROGRAM. Section 641 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding the following: “(c) (1) The Commandant may— “(A) provide for the sale of recyclable materials that the Coast Guard holds; “(B) provide for the operation of recycling programs at Coast Guard installations; and “(C) designate Coast Guard installations that have qualified recycling programs for the purposes of subsection (d)(2). “(2) Recyclable materials shall be sold in accordance with section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484). “(d) (1) Proceeds from the sale of recyclable materials at a Coast Guard installation shall be credited to funds available for operations and maintenance at that installation in amounts sufficient to cover operations, maintenance, recycling equipment, and overhead costs for processing recyclable materials at the installation. “(2) If, after funds are credited, a balance remains available to a Coast Guard installation and the installation has a qualified recycling program, not more than 50 percent of that balance may be used at the installation for projects for pollution abatement, energy conservation, and occupational safety and health activities. The cost of the project may not be greater than 50 percent of the amount permissible for a minor construction project. “(3) The remaining balance available to a Coast Guard, installation may be transferred to the Coast Guard Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Program. “(e) If the balance available to the Coast Guard installation under this section at the end of a fiscal year is in excess of $200,000, the amount of that excess shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating and ascribed to Coast Guard activities.”.