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H.R. 5533: Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

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H.R. 5533: Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-10-08 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-10-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

Plain 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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Official text

Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] · 62 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Sean Casten (D-IL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ed Case (D-HI), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Brad Sherman (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and 2 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] reported raising $998,074 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5533 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117