Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3604 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3604 To encourage reduction of disposable plastic products in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2025 Mr. Quigley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To encourage reduction of disposable plastic products in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Waste in National Parks Act''. SEC. 2. DISPOSABLE PLASTIC PRODUCTS REDUCTION IN UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. (a) Program for Reduction of Disposable Plastic Products in Units of the NPS.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish for the National Park System a program for reduction of disposable plastic products and, if applicable, elimination of the sale and distribution of disposable plastic products under subsection (b). Each regional director shall implement the plan for park units in their region. (b) Elimination of Sale and Distribution of Disposable Plastic Products.-- (1) In general.--Each regional director concerned shall eliminate the sale of water in disposable plastic products and the sale and distribution of other disposable plastic products to the greatest extent feasible in the relevant unit of the National Park System after consideration of the following factors, when applicable, with respect to the relevant unit: (A) The costs and benefits to the overall operations. (B) The amount of waste that would be eliminated. (C) The infrastructure