Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act
Latest action · Jun 15, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 15, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act
This bill establishes the Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Program to improve the global competitiveness of the U.S. plastics recycling industry and to mitigate any harmful effects of plastic waste on the environment. The bill also provides for an interagency committee to coordinate agency activity in support of the program.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 15, 2020 to Oct 9, 2020; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Anthony Gonzalez | Original | Jun 15, 2020 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Jun 15, 2020 |
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Original | Jun 15, 2020 |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Original | Jun 15, 2020 |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Aug 14, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Oct 9, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 15, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2020Introduced in House
- Jun 15, 2020Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E535-536)
- Jun 15, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E535 | Haley M. Stevens D-MI | Jun 15, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 110, June 15, 2020, page H2398.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a coordinated Federal program to accelerate plastics waste reduction and support recycling research and development for the economic and national security of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Air quality
- Animal and plant health
- Aquatic ecology
- Congressional oversight
- Ecology
- Energy research
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental education
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Higher education
- Marine pollution
- Public-private cooperation
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Soil pollution
- Solid waste and recycling
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Water quality
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
