H.R. 4236 · 116th Congress
Reducing Waste in National Parks Act
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Malinowski10 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
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.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 6, 2019
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Reducing Waste in National Parks Act
Latest action (Feb 27, 2020): Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 6, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.