Reducing Waste in National Parks Act
United States117th CongressHR-5533House of Representatives
Updated: Oct 14, 2021
Summary
Reducing Waste in National Parks Act This bill directs the National Park Service to establish a program for the National Park System to reduce disposable plastic products and, if applicable, eliminate the sale and distribution of disposable plastic products. Each regional office of the National Park Service must eliminate the sale of water in disposable plastic products and the sale and distribution of other disposable plastic products after consideration of several specified factors (e.g., the costs and benefits to overall operations). Each regional office must develop a proactive visitor education strategy to address visitor expectations of water availability and explain the rationale for the program and its implementation.
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Timeline
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S-2960: Reducing Waste in National Parks ActRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
House of Representatives
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
House of Representatives
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