EPA will study textile waste and plan a national strategy.
H.R. 10454 — Textile Waste Reduction Act · Filed by Chellie Pingree (D-ME) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the EPA to make a plan to reduce textile waste. It will help people repair, reuse, and recycle clothes and fabrics. The EPA will set up a group with nine federal offices and a board with 16 members. Members come from companies, nonprofits, schools, and the government. This group will collect facts about textile waste. It will find problems that stop reuse and recycling. It will report to Congress every year. The bill does not make new rules or give money.
Who it affects
Citizens may learn more about textile waste. They may see the government work together on the problem. Textile companies, reuse groups, and nonprofits may help plan the work.
One thing to notice
The bill creates a plan and a group to study textile waste. It does not make rules, give money, or require companies to act.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Sep 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- textile waste — Clothes, fabrics, and other cloth items that people throw away.
- EPA — The office that makes rules to protect the environment.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (17,749 characters) on Sep 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,985 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-25.
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