United States HR 7370: REUSE Act of 2026

Bill Text

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119TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 7370
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to
prepare a report on reuse and refill systems, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 2026
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. BUCHANAN, and Mr. CORREA) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to prepare a report on reuse and refill
systems, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Research for Environ-4
mental Uses and Sustainable Economies Act of 2026’’ or 5
the ‘‘REUSE Act of 2026’’. 6
SEC. 2. REPORT ON REUSE AND REFILL SYSTEMS. 7
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-1
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-2
mental Protection Agency. 3
(2) REUSE AND REFILL SYSTEM.—The term 4
‘‘reuse and refill system’’ means a set of mechanisms 5
relating to refillable or reusable products and bev-6
erage containers, as determined by the Adminis-7
trator, that is supported by adequate infrastructure 8
at the producer level, and adequate convenient avail-9
ability and retail infrastructure at the consumer 10
level, to ensure that the products and beverage con-11
tainers can be— 12
(A) repeatedly recovered, inspected, re-13
paired (if necessary), and reissued by producers 14
into the supply chain for reuse or refill for mul-15
tiple cycles; and 16
(B) conveniently and safely reused or re-17
filled by producers and consumers for multiple 18
cycles. 19
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-20
ing given the term in section 1004 of the Solid 21
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6903). 22
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 23
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall make 24
publicly available a report describing the feasibility of, and 25
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best practices relating to, reuse and refill systems for var-1
ious sectors, as determined by the Administrator, which 2
may include food service, consumer food and beverage 3
products, consumer cleaning products, personal care prod-4
ucts, transportation and shipping of wholesale and retail 5
goods, and public educational institutions, including insti-6
tutions of higher education. 7
(c) OBJECTIVES.—The report under subsection (b) 8
shall include an evaluation and summary of— 9
(1) types of reuse and refill systems for product 10
delivery that can be best used at different scales; 11
(2) methods to ensure equitable distribution of 12
reuse and refill systems, where economically feasible, 13
for product delivery in communities of varying popu-14
lation size; 15
(3) job creation opportunities through the use 16
or expansion of reuse and refill systems; 17
(4) economic costs and benefits for— 18
(A) businesses that deploy reuse and refill 19
system technologies; and 20
(B) parties responsible for waste collection 21
and management; 22
(5) types of local, State, and Federal support 23
needed to expand the use of reuse and refill systems; 24
and 25
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(6) existing barriers to the widespread imple-1
mentation of reuse and refill systems. 2
(d) CONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing the report 3
under subsection (b), the Administrator shall— 4
(1) take into consideration relevant information 5
relating to reuse and refill system programs and ap-6
proaches in States, units of local government, and 7
foreign countries; and 8
(2) consult with relevant reuse and refill system 9
stakeholders. 10
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