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S. 351119th CongressEnvironmental Protection
STEWARD Act of 2025
Sponsored by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) · 2 active : 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Held at the desk.
Where it standsBefore the Senate6 senators score as swing votes
Passed Senate
- Senate: passedNov 20, 2025
- House: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govStrategies 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.
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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.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Manufacturing
- Public-private cooperation
- Rural conditions and development
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local government operations
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the House breaks down
- 46Swing 70–100
- 271Middle 30–70
- 116Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 433 representatives have enough data to score. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the House
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, House
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Cosponsors
2 activeShow all 2 cosponsors
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
