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2025-12-05T08:30:49Z
House
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HR
2023-01-31
118
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/651
[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BROWNLEY:H.R. 651.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:composting[Page H577]
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Agriculture Committee
House
Standing
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Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2023-02-23T22:21:38Z
  - Referred To
2023-01-31T15:01:45Z

- COMPOST Act
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2023-01-31
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  - Related bill
CRS
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Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Committee
- 2023-01-31
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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House floor actions
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Agriculture Committee
- 2023-01-31
Introduced in House
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Library of Congress
- 2023-01-31
Introduced in House
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Julia
Brownley
D
CA
26
N
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Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Chellie
Pingree
D
ME
1
2023-01-31
True
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Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Ann
Kuster
D
NH
M.
2
2023-01-31
True
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Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Suzanne
Bonamici
D
OR
1
2023-01-31
True
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Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
BARBARA
LEE
D
CA
12
2023-02-02
False
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Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Ed
Case
D
HI
1
2023-02-14
False
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Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Raja
Krishnamoorthi
D
IL
8
2023-02-17
False
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Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
EARL
BLUMENAUER
D
OR
3
2023-03-07
False
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Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
Jill
Tokuda
D
HI
N.
2
2023-03-14
False
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Rep. Stansbury, Melanie Ann [D-NM-1]
Melanie
Stansbury
D
NM
Ann
1
2023-04-17
False
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Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Bonnie
Watson Coleman
D
NJ
12
2023-04-28
False
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Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
Andrea
Salinas
D
OR
6
2023-05-09
False
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Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Joe
Courtney
D
CT
2
2023-05-09
False
- P000618
Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Katie
Porter
D
CA
47
2023-05-09
False
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Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Raúl
Grijalva
D
AZ
M.
7
2023-05-15
False
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Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Donald
Payne
D
NJ
M.
10
2023-06-14
False
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Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
Greg
Casar
D
TX
35
2023-06-14
False
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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
ELEANOR
NORTON
D
DC
HOLMES
0
2023-06-20
False
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Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
Mark
DeSaulnier
D
CA
10
2023-07-19
False
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Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
David
Trone
D
MD
J.
6
2023-09-29
False
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Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
Doris
Matsui
D
CA
O.
7
2023-10-12
False
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Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Jahana
Hayes
D
CT
5
2024-06-28
False
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
2023-03-10T22:30:26Z
00
2023-01-31
Introduced in House
2023-06-01T22:41:55Z
Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion Of Sustainable Techniques Act or the COMPOST Act
This bill makes composting a conservation practice and activity for purposes of Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs. The bill also requires USDA to establish a competitive program to award grants and loan guarantees for projects that expand access to food waste composting.
In awarding grants and loans guarantees, USDA must prioritize projects that include the greatest number of the following factors:
- are located in or serving a location with significant access to food waste and no or limited prior access to food waste composting;
- demonstrate the potential to create new capacity for the volume or weight of food waste collected and processed, or make significant gains in the number of people with access to food waste composting facilities or systems;
- demonstrate a plan for following best management practices and producing a high-quality compost product;
- incorporate the participation of small and diverse businesses (e.g., minority-, woman-, and veteran-owned businesses certified by the Small Business Administration);
- create opportunities for hiring and leadership development practices that are inclusive and provide living wages;
- serve disadvantaged and low-income communities, engage Black farmers, Indigenous farmers, and other farmers of color, or incorporate an environmental justice plan or principle; and
- are for a facility or system that accepts or plans to accept and process only source separated organics.

COMPOST Act
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COMPOST Act
2024-07-24T15:23:55Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

COMPOST Act
2024-05-24T13:42:42Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

Cultivating Organic Matter through the Promotion Of Sustainable Techniques Act
2024-05-24T13:42:42Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
6

To require the designation of composting as a conservation practice and activity, and to provide grants and loan guarantees for composting facilities and programs, and for other purposes.
2024-03-18T20:15:48Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2023-01-31T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr651ih/xml/BILLS-118hr651ih.xml
2023-02-23
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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