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Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

Introduced: September 6, 2019 Introduced by: Quigley, Mike Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sep 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Sep 6, 2019
Introduced in House
Sep 6, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

This bill directs each regional office of the National Park Service (NPS) to establish a program to recycle and reduce the use of disposable plastic bottles within each NPS unit located in its region.

NPS regional offices may eliminate the sale of water in disposable plastic bottles within their NPS units after having considered several specified factors. Where, prior to enactment of this bill, an NPS unit does not offer water for sale in disposable plastic bottles, the unit may continue that practice if it submits to the regional office an evaluation of those factors.

NPS regional offices shall develop for each NPS unit a proactive visitor education strategy to address visitor expectations of water availability and explain the rationale for the program.

What's happening now February 27, 2020

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 31
All 31 Democratic 20
Malinowski, Tom
· Oct 9, 2020
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Sep 30, 2020
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Jul 22, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 11, 2020
Porter, Katie
· Mar 11, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 9, 2020
 D
Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Jan 28, 2020
Napolitano, Grace
· Dec 11, 2019
 D
Sherrill, Mikie
New Jersey · Dec 10, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 26, 2019
PRICE, DAVID
· Nov 20, 2019
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Nov 14, 2019
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Oct 28, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 15, 2019
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Oct 1, 2019
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Sep 27, 2019
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 25, 2019
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Sep 24, 2019
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Sep 18, 2019
Sires, Albio
· Sep 17, 2019
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Sep 13, 2019
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Sep 13, 2019
Blumenauer, Earl
· Sep 6, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 6, 2019
 D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Sep 6, 2019
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Sep 6, 2019
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Sep 6, 2019
Kuster, Ann
· Sep 6, 2019
Lowenthal, Alan
· Sep 6, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 6, 2019
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Sep 6, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4236: Reducing Waste in National Parks Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4236/
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