US HB6053 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 89-0)
Status: Introduced on October 25 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Committee
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 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 2023 Protecting Communities from Plastics Act

Sponsors

Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]Rep. Jennifer McClellan [D-VA]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]Rep. Kevin Mullin [D-CA]Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]Rep. Jill Tokuda [D-HI]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. Shri Thanedar [D-MI]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Jamaal Bowman [D-NY]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]Rep. Val Hoyle [D-OR]Rep. Melanie Stansbury [D-NM]Rep. Robert Garcia [D-CA]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]Rep. Seth Magaziner [D-RI]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA]Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]Rep. Marilyn Strickland [D-WA]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Teresa Fernandez [D-NM]Rep. Hillary Scholten [D-MI]Rep. Jared Moskowitz [D-FL]Rep. Greg Casar [D-TX]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Delia Ramirez [D-IL]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove [D-CA]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick [D-FL]Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]Rep. Sean Casten [D-IL]Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]
Rep. Ritchie Torres [D-NY]Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-18HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
2024-01-18HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
2023-10-26HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2023-10-25HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
2023-10-25HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Foreign Affairs, and Agriculture, 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.
2023-10-25HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB2337 (Related) 2023-07-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
SB3127 (Same As) 2023-10-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
HB7634 (Related) 2024-03-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
SB4194 (Related) 2024-04-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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