H.R. 9676 · 118th Congress

Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastics and Recycling Innovation Act of 2024

Introduced on Sep 19, 2024 by Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8). One cosponsor. Latest action (Sep 19, 2024): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Sep 19, 2024
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Environmental Protection
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish National Plastics Recycling Standards, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Larry BucshonR-IN-8Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Sep 19, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Sep 19, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Sep 19, 2024 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $3.5M reported (all issues)
  2. INTERNATIONAL PAPER4 reports
    $4.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYAI match · 100%
  3. PPG INDUSTRIES INC.4 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.$8.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  4. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL2 reports
    $12.4M reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN COATINGS ASSOCIATION INC.2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  6. AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  7. BASF CORPORATION2 reports
    $410K reported (all issues)
  8. FLEXIBLE PACKAGING ASSOCIATION2 reports
  9. GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC2 reports
    $82.3K reported (all issues)
  10. Greif, Inc.2 reports
    $73.5K reported (all issues)
  11. IAPD - The Performance Plastics Association2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  12. LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY2 reports
    $4.2M reported (all issues)
  13. Newman & Company2 reports
  14. Paper Recycling Coalition2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  15. PaperWorks Industries, Inc.2 reports
    $15.7K reported (all issues)
  16. Pratt Industries (USA), Inc.2 reports
    $134.4K reported (all issues)
  17. The Dow Chemical Company, dba Dow2 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THEAI match · 100%
  18. COVESTRO LLC1 report
    $400K reported (all issues)
  19. LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, INC1 report
    $220K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.