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Recycling and Composting Accountability Act

Introduced: April 19, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2024
Held at the desk.
Mar 15, 2024
Received in the House.
Mar 14, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 12, 2024
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2369-2370)
Mar 12, 2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 12, 2024
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2368-2370)
Jun 22, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 105.
Jun 22, 2023
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. With written report No. 118-42.
Apr 26, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Committee consideration held. Business Meeting printed. S. Hrg. 118-708.
Apr 26, 2023
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Apr 19, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Apr 19, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 1,692 — To modify the authorization of appropriations. Agreed to Mar 12, 2024
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recycling and Composting Accountability Act

This bill establishes data collection and reporting requirements concerning composting and recycling programs.

Specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must issue several reports related to composting and recycling, including a report on the capability of the United States to implement a national composting strategy in order to reduce contamination rates for recycling.

The EPA must also

  • inventory certain facilities that recycle residential materials and describe the materials that the facilities can process;
  • collect data related to curbside and drop-off recycling and composting programs in order to establish a comprehensive baseline of data for the U.S. recycling system; and
  • develop and disseminate best practices that states, local governments, and Indian tribes may use to enhance recycling and composting.

The EPA must also develop a metric for determining the proportion of recyclable materials in commercial and municipal waste streams that is being diverted from circular markets, which are markets that utilize industrial processes and economic activities to enable post-industrial and post-consumer materials used in those processes and activities to maintain their highest values for as long as possible. After developing the metric, the EPA must then study the proportion of recyclable materials in such waste streams that were diverted from those markets in the prior ten years.

Finally, the Government Accountability Office must report on the recycling practices of federal agencies.

What's happening now March 15, 2024

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4040 Related bill Recycling and Composting Accountability Act
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Lobbying activity 12

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • PEPSICO, INC
    for PEPSICO INC · New York · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • NOVELIS INC.
    for NOVELIS INC. · Georgia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
  • PEPSICO, INC
    for PEPSICO INC · New York · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • NOVELIS INC.
    for NOVELIS INC. · Georgia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
  • PEPSICO, INC
    for PEPSICO INC · New York · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
  • NOVELIS INC.
    for NOVELIS INC. · Georgia · 4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025
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 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 3 Republican 5 Independent 1
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Apr 26, 2023
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Apr 25, 2023
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Apr 25, 2023
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 25, 2023
 I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Apr 25, 2023
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Apr 25, 2023
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Apr 25, 2023
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Apr 19, 2023
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 19, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1194: Recycling and Composting Accountability Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1194/
MLA
"S. 1194: Recycling and Composting Accountability Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1194/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 1194, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1194/.
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[S. 1194: Recycling and Composting Accountability Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1194/)
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