| 1 | 1 | | *HR1525* |
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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE |
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| 4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: Greene |
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| 6 | 6 | | ____________________________________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION recognizing Reman Day. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2 Whereas, Remanufacturing is a comprehensive and rigorous |
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| 9 | 9 | | 3 industrial process by which a previously sold, leased, used, |
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| 10 | 10 | | 4 worn, remanufactured, or nonfunctional product or part is |
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| 11 | 11 | | 5 returned to a like-new, same-as-when-new, or |
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| 12 | 12 | | 6 better-than-when-new condition, from both a quality and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 7 performance perspective, through a controlled, reproducible, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 8 and sustainable process; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 9 Whereas, A 2012 United States International Trade |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 Commission (USITC) report found that remanufacturers |
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| 17 | 17 | | 11 support at least 180,000 full-time jobs in the United States. The |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12 USITC report states that production of remanufactured goods |
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| 19 | 19 | | 13 in the United States increased by 15 percent from 2009 to 2011 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 14 and exports totaled $11.2 billion annually; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 20253047 |
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| 22 | 22 | | HR 1525/DI 140 2025 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1 Whereas, Remanufacturing has been recognized by leading |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2 universities, research institutions, and manufacturers in the |
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| 25 | 25 | | 3 United States as valuable for its ability to divert end-of-life |
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| 26 | 26 | | 4 products from landfills; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 5 Whereas, By encouraging businesses, state agencies, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 6 nonprofit organizations, schools, and individuals to celebrate |
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| 29 | 29 | | 7 Reman Day 2025, we can further promote remanufacturing as |
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| 30 | 30 | | 8 efficient and economically smart; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 9 Whereas, To focus the nation's attention on the benefits of |
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| 32 | 32 | | 10 remanufacturing, businesses, educational institutions, and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 11 nonprofit organizations have joined together to celebrate |
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| 34 | 34 | | 12 Reman Day and are encouraging their colleagues, friends, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 13 families, and communities to learn more about the benefits of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 14 remanufactured products: Therefore, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 15 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 16 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 39 | 39 | | 17 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives |
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| 40 | 40 | | 18 recognizes Thursday, April 24, 2025, as Reman Day. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 19 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 20 Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to State |
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| 43 | 43 | | 21 Representative Robb Greene for distribution. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 20253047 |
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| 45 | 45 | | HR 1525/DI 140 2025 |
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