House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 1, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 14, 2023 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5674)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6159.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 180, November 1, 2023, Page H5230):Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a pilot program to improve recycling accessibility.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 196 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6159, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
30 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 30 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Jerry Carl (R-AL), James Comer (R-KY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Donald Davis (D-NC), John Garamendi (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), David Joyce (R-OH), John Joyce (R-PA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Susan Wild (D-PA), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
- H.Res. 461 (118th) Condemning the use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the United States.
- H.R. 5390 (118th) Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act
- H.R. 8111 (118th) Medicaid Program Improvement Act
- H.R. 7637 (118th) Refrigerator Freedom Act
- H.R. 5555 (118th) DRA of 2023
- H.R. 6283 (118th) DRUG Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.