Cosponsor
Sign in

S 351 · introduced · significant

STEWARD Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill creates a federal grant program to improve recycling and composting access, especially in underserved communities.
  • States, local governments, tribes, and public-private partnerships can apply for grants to expand recycling infrastructure.
  • The EPA must collect recycling data, report every four years, and provide technical assistance to help communities increase recycling rates.

Generated by claude-haiku-4-5

Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

  1. 01

    How would grants for recycling infrastructure in underserved communities change waste management disparities between wealthy and low-income areas?

  2. 02

    What specific metrics would the EPA use to measure whether increased recycling access actually leads to higher participation rates?

  3. 03

    Which communities would be prioritized for grant funding, and how would that allocation decision balance rural versus urban recycling needs?

Cosponsor writes these to seed civic discussion — they aren't user posts. Sign in to reply.

Sponsor · R-WV

Shelley Moore Capito

Citizen cosponsors

0

In Congress

2/ 100

Senators cosponsoring

Introduced 2025-11-20

Joining the bill

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-11-20 · house · Floor

    Held at the desk.

  2. 2025-11-20 · house · Floor

    Received in the House.

  3. 2025-11-20 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  4. 2025-11-20 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8395-8398; text: CR S8395-8398)

  5. 2025-11-20 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

  6. 2025-02-05 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.

  7. 2025-02-05 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.

  8. 2025-02-05 · Committee

    Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.

  9. 2025-02-05 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  10. 2025-01-30 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

  11. 2025-01-30 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

Congress.gov ↗

Citizen comments

Sign in to comment on this bill.

No comments yet — be the first.