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To encourage recycling and reduction of disposable plastic bottles in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-3768| House 
| Updated: 9/20/2017
Mike Quigley

Mike Quigley

Democratic Representative

Illinois

Cosponsors (29)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)John Garamendi (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Niki Tsongas (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Timothy J. Walz (Democratic)David E. Price (Democratic)James A. Himes (Democratic)Daniel Lipinski (Democratic)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Ron Kind (Democratic)Jared Polis (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)

Federal Lands Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Reducing Waste in National Parks Act This bill directs each regional director of a region of the National Park System (NPS) to establish a program to recycle and reduce the use of disposable plastic bottles within each NPS unit located in its region. Regional directors may eliminate the sale of water in disposable plastic bottles within their NPS units after having considered several specified factors. Where an NPS unit is not offering water for sale in disposable plastic bottles, the superintendent of the unit may continue that practice, upon submission of an evaluation of those factors. Each regional director who establishes and implements such a program shall develop for each affected NPS unit a proactive visitor education strategy to address visitor expectations of water availability and explain the rationale for the program.
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Timeline
Sep 13, 2017
Introduced in House
Sep 13, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 20, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  • September 13, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • September 13, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.


  • September 20, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Parks, recreation areas, trailsSolid waste and recyclingWater use and supply

To encourage recycling and reduction of disposable plastic bottles in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-3768| House 
| Updated: 9/20/2017
Reducing Waste in National Parks Act This bill directs each regional director of a region of the National Park System (NPS) to establish a program to recycle and reduce the use of disposable plastic bottles within each NPS unit located in its region. Regional directors may eliminate the sale of water in disposable plastic bottles within their NPS units after having considered several specified factors. Where an NPS unit is not offering water for sale in disposable plastic bottles, the superintendent of the unit may continue that practice, upon submission of an evaluation of those factors. Each regional director who establishes and implements such a program shall develop for each affected NPS unit a proactive visitor education strategy to address visitor expectations of water availability and explain the rationale for the program.
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Timeline
Sep 13, 2017
Introduced in House
Sep 13, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 20, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
  • September 13, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • September 13, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.


  • September 20, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Mike Quigley

Mike Quigley

Democratic Representative

Illinois

Cosponsors (29)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)John Garamendi (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Niki Tsongas (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Timothy J. Walz (Democratic)David E. Price (Democratic)James A. Himes (Democratic)Daniel Lipinski (Democratic)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Ron Kind (Democratic)Jared Polis (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)

Federal Lands Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Parks, recreation areas, trailsSolid waste and recyclingWater use and supply