U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5674: Recycled Materials Attribution Act of 2026
Status: In committee, September 30, 2026
A bill to prohibit a person from making a misleading recycled content claim in advertising, marketing, selling, or offering for sale a product to a consumer, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To prohibit a person from making a misleading recycled content claim in advertising, marketing, selling, or offering for sale a product to a consumer, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 30, 2026:
A BILL To prohibit a person from making a misleading recycled content claim in advertising, marketing, selling, or offering for sale a product to a consumer, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Recycled Materials Attribution Act of 2026 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as table of contents. Sec. 2. Purpose. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Recycled content claims. Sec. 5. Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission. Sec. 6. Preemption. Sec. 7. Applicability. SECTION 2. Purpose It is the purpose of this Act to clarify that mass balance accounting is an acceptable method for substantiating recycled content claims and analogous claims if the use of mass balance accounting complies with the requirements of a third-party certification system. SECTION 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. (2) Competent and reliable scientific evidence The term competent and reliable scientific evidence means any test, analysis, research, or study that-- (A) has been conducted and evaluated in an objective manner by an expert in the relevant field; (B) is generally accepted in the profession to yield accurate and reliable results; and (C) is sufficient in quality and quantity based on standards generally accepted in the …
Sponsors
- Curtis, John (R) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Commerce
Common questions
- What is SB5674?
- SB5674 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Recycled Materials Attribution Act of 2026.
- What does SB5674 do?
- In its own words: To prohibit a person from making a misleading recycled content claim in advertising, marketing, selling, or offering for sale a product to a consumer, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of SB5674?
- In committee as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB5674?
- Curtis, John (R).
- Where is the official record for SB5674?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5674
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