The record

LegislationLegislation· Nov 2025
S 351 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Shelley Moore Capito (R)

STEWARD Act of 2025

Establishes federal grants for recycling infrastructure and requires data collection on composting and recycling rates.

Tradeoff

Authorizes $30 million annually through 2029 for grants improving recycling access in underserved communities, plus $4 million annually for data collection. No offsets or funding cuts are specified in the bill.

What's in it

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Requires $148 million in over 2025-2030 and $22 million after 2030 for recycling and composting programs.

This bill authorizes the to spend federal money on grants to expand recycling infrastructure in underserved communities and to fund data collection on national recycling rates, with most funding flowing to state and local governments as matching grants.

S. 351, STEWARD Act of 2025 · Feb 2025

Passed the Senate by on November 20, 2025 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Jan 30, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Environment and Public Works(Jan 30, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Environment and Public Works voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Feb 5, 2025)

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Nov 20, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Nov 20, 2025)