# 119-s-2334: Waste and Illegal Property Eradication (WIPE) Act

119-s-2334, Waste and Illegal Property Eradication (WIPE) Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2334
- Congress: 119
- Title: Waste and Illegal Property Eradication (WIPE) Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-17
- Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Expeditionary solid waste disposal systems** would be authorized for the Department of Defense to destroy seized counterfeit goods, unauthorized military gear, illegal narcotics, and classified materials, and the bill would ban the use of open-air burn pits for those disposals. - Military installations and forward operating bases would be able to receive and use deployable disposal systems to eliminate illicit contraband and unauthorized U.S. military items. - Border security and narcotics interdiction efforts would get systems that support operations and could be made available to partner security forces to counter infiltration and misuse of U.S. equipment. - The bill bars open-air burn pits for disposing illicit contraband, classified military equipment, or hazardous waste materials, changing how those items must be handled. - For FY2026 the bill would increase the Army’s Other Procurement account by $9.0 million to buy these systems and reduce Army Operation and Maintenance, Overseas Operating Costs by $9.0 million as an offset. *For FY2026 this shift would be budget-neutral for the Army because the $9.0 million increase is offset by an equal reduction in Army O&M.*

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Military mobile waste disposal rules: benefit, low. If enacted, the Defense Department would be allowed to use mobile solid waste disposal units to destroy seized contraband. That includes counterfeit goods, unauthorized military gear, illegal drugs, and classified materials. The bill would also ban the use of open-air burn pits to dispose of those…
- Army funding shift for waste systems: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would add $8.95 million to Army procurement for solid waste disposal systems in FY2026. It would cut Army operation and maintenance overseas operating costs by $8.95 million in FY2026. The cut must come from amounts tied to using open-air burn pits in contingency operations.

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- 119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025
- 119-s-237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025
- 119-s-2858: SHINE for Autumn Act of 2025
- 119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2334 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2334)

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- [119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-410)
- [119-s-237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-237)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2334 (as of 2025-12-21).