Reducing Waste in National Parks Act
Latest action · Dec 9, 2025 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238.
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 2, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 2, 2025 to Jul 15, 2025; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jun 2, 2025 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jun 2, 2025 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Jun 2, 2025 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jun 2, 2025 |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Original | Jun 2, 2025 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jun 2, 2025 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jun 2, 2025 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Jun 2, 2025 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Jun 2, 2025 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 27, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Jul 15, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 2, 2025 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Dec 9, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2025Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238.
- Jun 2, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jun 2, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 119-238 | PENDING LEGISLATION214 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Dec 9, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3604 | Reducing Waste in National Parks Act | Identical bill | May 23, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to encourage reduction of disposable plastic products in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Reducing Waste in National Parks Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
