Tracking Plastic Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 4
- Latest action
- Jul 30, 2026
What it does
The Tracking Plastic Act of 2026 would establish a Federal working group to develop recommendations for increasing the use of post-consumer resin and improving the measurement, traceability, and reporting of recycled plastic content in sectors such as packaging, construction, infrastructure, and automotive. The working group would include representatives from federal agencies like the EPA, FTC, USDA, NOAA, State Department, NIST, and the National Laboratory of the Rockies, as well as academic and scientific institutions, and would be led by NIST and jointly by EPA and the Department of Commerce. It would coordinate with states, local governments, tribes, nonprofits, and industry to develop…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.