legislation: 111-hres-1298
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| 111-hres-1298 | 111 | hres | 1298 | Encouraging efforts to reduce the use of paper and plastic bags. | Environmental Protection | 2010-04-22 | 2010-04-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 25 | Calls for states to: (1) establish targets for businesses to reduce distribution of plastic and paper bag use by 40% over the next five years; (2) encourage businesses to adopt consumer credit programs to promote reusable bag use; (3) educate the public about using reusable bags; and (4) facilitate the dissemination of best practices among businesses for reducing single-use retail bag consumption. | 2023-01-11T13:16:00Z |