S. 351 · 119th Congress

STEWARD Act of 2025

Introduced on Jan 30, 2025 by Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV). 2 cosponsors, 1 of them from another party. Latest action (Nov 20, 2025): Held at the desk.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jan 30, 2025
Cosponsors
2
1 from the other party
Policy area
Environmental Protection
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

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

Official title

A bill to establish a pilot grant program to improve recycling accessibility, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities to collect and disseminate data on recycling and composting programs in the United States, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Government information and archives
  • Manufacturing
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • State and local government operations

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to Senate, Feb 5, 2025). Public domain.

Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development Act of 2025 or the STEWARD Act of 2025

This bill establishes requirements to expand recycling and composting efforts, including by creating (1) a pilot grant program, and (2) data collection and reporting requirements.

The bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a pilot program that awards grants for improving recycling accessibility in communities, particularly in underserved communities. States, local governments, Indian tribes, and public-private partnerships may apply for those grants.

The bill also directs the EPA to collect data related to composting and recycling infrastructure from states, local governments, and Indian tribes. Within three years and every four years thereafter, the EPA must prepare an inventory of certain recycling facilities in the United States. The EPA must also develop a metric for determining the proportion of recyclable materials in commercial and municipal waste streams that are being diverted from a circular market.

The bill allows the EPA to develop (1) a standardized estimated rate of recyclable materials that have been brought to recycling or composting facilities, and (2) an estimated national recycling rate. The EPA may use the rates and information collected to provide states, local government, and Indian tribes data and technical assistance, such as assistance to reduce their overall waste and to increase their recycling and composting rates.

The bill establishes a variety of reporting requirements for the EPA and directs the Government Accountability Office to publish a report on certain federal agency activities related to recycling.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Shelley Moore CapitoR-WVSponsor

Democrats · 1

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

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

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jan 30, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 30, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  3. Feb 5, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Feb 5, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Committee consideration held. Business Meeting printed. S. Hrg. 119-267.
  5. Feb 5, 2025Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
  6. Feb 5, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Capito without amendment. Without written report.
  7. Feb 5, 2025 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
  8. Nov 20, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
  9. Nov 20, 2025 · SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8395-8398; text: CR S8395-8398)
  10. Nov 20, 2025 · SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  11. Nov 20, 2025 · HouseReceived in the House.
  12. Nov 20, 2025 · HouseHeld at the desk.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

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 BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION12 reports
    $5.8M reported (all issues)
  2. FLEXIBLE PACKAGING ASSOCIATION12 reports
    $269.5K reported (all issues)
  3. BALL CORPORATION11 reports
    $960K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP.AI match · 99%
  4. THE ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION11 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  5. Paper Recycling Coalition10 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)
  6. PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, INC.8 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN COATINGS ASSOCIATION INC.7 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  8. TETRA PAK, INC.7 reports
    $630K reported (all issues)
  9. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL6 reports
    $25.2M reported (all issues)
  10. BASF CORPORATION6 reports
    $3.9M reported (all issues)
  11. INTERNATIONAL BOTTLED WATER ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  12. International Bottled Water Association (IBWA)6 reports
    $520K reported (all issues)
  13. LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY6 reports
    $7.3M reported (all issues)
  14. Mars, Incorporated6 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MARS WRIGLEY CONFECTIONERY US, LLC$819.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  15. PPG INDUSTRIES INC.6 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.$8.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.6 reports
    $557.5K reported (all issues)
  17. THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY6 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: KRAFT HEINZ FOODS COMPANYAI match · 100%
  18. THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP, INC.6 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)
  19. The Dow Chemical Company, dba Dow6 reports
    $8.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THEAI match · 100%
  20. World Wildlife Fund, Inc.6 reports
    $960K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: WORLD WILDLIFE FUND, INC.AI match · 100%
  21. General Mills Services Inc. (fka General Mills)5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  22. INTERNATIONAL PAPER5 reports
    $4.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYAI match · 100%
  23. PRINTING UNITED ALLIANCE5 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  24. CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION4 reports
  25. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.4 reports
    $68.3M reported (all issues)
  26. KEURIG DR PEPPER INC.3 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  27. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY3 reports
    $3.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY$2.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  28. CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY LP2 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  29. BlueTriton Brands, Inc. (Nestle Waters North America)1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  30. Goodwill Industries International, Inc.1 report
    $100K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 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.