House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Better Straws Act
Official title: To codify Executive Order 14208 relating to ending procurement and forced use of paper straws.
Sponsor: Rep. Claudia Tenney R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4421.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 121, July 15, 2025, Page H3316):Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4421, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4421
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5e380b270d8e976ecd5b01bba9a16f2a93b759abe904c8e73c8476be8acd5a81
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 February 3, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Claudia Tenney.
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- H.R. 6766 (119th) Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- H.R. 1103 (119th) New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2025
- H.R. 2232 (119th) Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.