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H.R. 2238 (IH) - Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:
- Congress Number
- 117th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- March 26, 2021
- Action
- Mr. Lowenthal (for himself, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Norton, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Evans, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Ruppersberger, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Levin of California, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Case, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr. Trone, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Newman, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Crist, Ms. Meng, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Luria, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Chu, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Delgado, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Kahele, Mr. Keating, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Schrier, Ms. Wild, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Dean, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Takano, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Larsen of Washington, and Ms. Omar) introduced the following bill; which was referred 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
- Bill Number
- H.R. 2238
- Bill Version
- Introduced in House (IH)
- Short Title
- Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021
- Full Title
- 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.
- Sponsors
- Alan S. Lowenthal(CA)
- Cosponsors
- Katherine M. Clark (MA); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Salud O. Carbajal (CA); Gerald E. Connolly (VA); Mike Quigley (IL); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Jimmy Gomez (CA); Emanuel Cleaver (MO); Jamie Raskin (MD); Dwight Evans (PA); Daniel T. Kildee (MI); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD); Barbara Lee (CA); Joseph D. Morelle (NY); Jared Huffman (CA); Mike Levin (CA); Nydia M. Velazquez (NY); Mondaire Jones (NY); Derek Kilmer (WA); Thomas R. Suozzi (NY); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Ed Case (HI); Marilyn Strickland (WA); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Earl Blumenauer (OR); Ro Khanna (CA); Gregory W. Meeks (NY); Sean Patrick Maloney (NY); Chellie Pingree (ME); Sara Jacobs (CA); David J. Trone (MD); Julia Brownley (CA); Alcee L. Hastings (FL); Grace F. Napolitano (CA); Steve Cohen (TN); Adriano Espaillat (NY); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Carolyn B. Maloney (NY); Marie Newman (IL); Brad Sherman (CA); Peter Welch (VT); Charlie Crist (FL); Grace Meng (NY); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Adam Smith (WA); Raul M. Grijalva (AZ); Elaine G. Luria (VA); Lori Trahan (MA); Judy Chu (CA); Betty McCollum (MN); David N. Cicilline (RI); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Peter A. DeFazio (OR); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); James P. McGovern (MA); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Ayanna Pressley (MA); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Veronica Escobar (TX); Jimmy Panetta (CA); Antonio Delgado (NY); Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE); Kaiali'I Kahele (HI); William R. Keating (MA); Jake Auchincloss (MA); John P. Sarbanes (MD); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA); Kim Schrier (WA); Susan Wild (PA); Kathy Castor (FL); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Madeleine Dean (PA); Anna G. Eshoo (CA); Mark Takano (CA); Val Butler Demings (FL); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA); Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM); Seth Moulton (MA); Joe Neguse (CO); Theodore E. Deutch (FL); Rick Larsen (WA); Ilhan Omar (MN)
- Committees
- Committee on Foreign Affairs (Standing), Committee on Energy and Commerce (Standing), Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Standing), Committee on Ways and Means (Standing)
- Public and Private Law References
- Public Law 89-272
- United States Code References
- 7 U.S.C. 136
and
2011
15 U.S.C. 12 and 1261
21 U.S.C. 301et seq.
29 U.S.C. 3102
33 U.S.C. 1251, 1322, 1342, 1344, 1362 and 1954
42 U.S.C. 11001, 1786, 6901, 7401, 7411, 7412, 7661d and 9601
- Statutes at Large Reference
- 79 Stat. 997