US HB2238 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 131-0)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-06-30 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the production and use of certain single-use plastic products and packaging, to improve the responsibility of producers in the design, collection, reuse, recycling, and disposal of their consumer products and packaging, to prevent pollution from consumer products and packaging from entering into animal and human food chains and waterways, and for other purposes.

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Title

Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021

Sponsors

Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Mondaire Jones [D-NY]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA]Rep. David Trone [D-MD]Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Marie Newman [D-IL]Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]Rep. Kaialii Kahele [D-HI]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Jake Auchincloss [D-MA]Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]
Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY]Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Kathy Manning [D-NC]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux [D-GA]Rep. Melanie Stansbury [D-NM]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]

History

DateChamberAction
2022-06-30HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held.
2021-03-29HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
2021-03-29HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2021-03-26HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2021-03-26HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB984 (Same As) 2021-03-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB1507 (Related) 2021-04-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
HB7861 (Related) 2022-05-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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