United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5902 (116th)
MICRO Plastics Act of 2020
Introduced
13 February 2020
Last action
14 February 2020 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Sponsors
Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21], Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1], Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17], Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17], Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1], Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3], Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Subjects
Environment
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Making Investments in Curbing the Ruinous Output of Plastics Act of 2020 or the MICRO Plastics Act of 2020 This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a pilot program that tests the efficacy and cost effectiveness of tools, technologies, and techniques to (1) remove microplastics from the environment, and (2) prevent the release of microplastics into the environment.
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Timeline
13 February 2020
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
13 February 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 February 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
14 February 2020
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 13 February 2020 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] · R · Cosponsor
- Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → MICRO Plastics Act of 2020
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5902
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5902
- us · 116-hr-5902 · source updated 5 December 2025