# 115-hr-3768: Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

115-hr-3768, Reducing Waste in National Parks Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3768
- Congress: 115
- Title: Reducing Waste in National Parks Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Introduced: 2017-09-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 29
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Reducing Waste in National Parks Act This bill directs each regional director of a region of the National Park System (NPS) to establish a program to recycle and reduce the use of disposable plastic bottles within each NPS unit located in its region. Regional directors may eliminate the sale of water in disposable plastic bottles within their NPS units after having considered several specified factors. Where an NPS unit is not offering water for sale in disposable plastic bottles, the superintendent of the unit may continue that practice, upon submission of an evaluation of those factors. Each regional director who establishes and implements such a program shall develop for each affected NPS unit a proactive visitor education strategy to address visitor expectations of water availability and explain the rationale for the program.

## Cosponsors (29)

- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2017-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2017-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2017-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2017-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2017-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2017-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2017-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2017-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2017-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2017-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2017-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2017-11-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2017-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2017-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI), 2017-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] (D-MN), 2017-12-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2017-12-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2018-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act
- 115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017
- 115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 115-hr-502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act
- 115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6239: DISCLOSE Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-3768 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3768)

## Related
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- [115-hr-3440: Dream Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3440)
- [115-hr-1235: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1235)
- [115-hr-502: Land and Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization and Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-502)
- [115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6545)
- [115-hr-6239: DISCLOSE Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6239)
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