House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Farewell to Foam Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit the sale and distribution of expanded polystyrene food service ware, expanded polystyrene loose fill, and expanded polystyrene coolers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Lloyd Doggett D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1918.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1039):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1918, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1918
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 August 11, 2026). 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
86 cosponsors — 86 Democrats
0 of 86 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX) and 56 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
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- H.R. 995 (119th) No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act
- H.R. 2045 (119th) Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
- H.R. 930 (119th) Stop the Wait Act of 2025
- H.R. 609 (119th) Assuring Medicare’s Promise Act of 2025
- H.R. 9544 (119th) Save MEDICARE Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 897 (119th) Farewell to Foam Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.