House bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a study and make recommendations to the Congress with respect to the development of uniform standards and definitions of plastic degradability.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 1990
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 2, 1990 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 12 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Gary Condit (D-CA), Ronald Dellums (D-CA), Bernard Dwyer (D-NJ), Jamie Fuster (D-PR), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Marilyn Lloyd (D-TN), Ronald Machtley (R-RI), Wayne Owens (D-UT), Arthur Ravenel (R-SC), Robert Roe (D-NJ), Ike Skelton (D-MO), Donald Sundquist (R-TN).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 101 (101st) Expressing the sense of the Congress that proposals to distribute needles to drug addicts in order to curb the spread of Acquired Immune…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.