House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Recycling and Composting Accountability Act
Official title: To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities to improve recycling and composting programs in the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Neguse D-COWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2026 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4109.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 108, June 24, 2025, Page H2923):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4109, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4109
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 4, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Bill Foster (D-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Lori Trahan (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Neguse.
- H.R. 3922 (119th) Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act
- H.R. 1729 (119th) Bolts Ditch Act
- H.Res. 22 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 744 (119th) Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act
- H.R. 3924 (119th) Wildfire Risk Evaluation Act
- H.J.Res. 122 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate…
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 4, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.