S. 5525 · 119th Congress · pending
Banning Toxics from Plastic Bottles Act of 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Latest official action 2026-09-24 · Referred
The bill, briefly
A source summary has not been retrieved yet. Read the official bill to inspect its provisions.
Congressional Research Service · 2026-10-14
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed
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No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.
2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.
Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Sponsor
Peter Welch
Senate · VT · Democratic
$44,000PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Jeff Merkley
Senate · OR · Democratic
$519,875PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Cory A. Booker
Senate · NJ · Democratic
$488,544PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Chris Van Hollen
Senate · MD · Democratic
$78,750PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Bernard Sanders
Senate · VT · Independent
-$5,000PAC receipts · 2025–2026
4 of 4 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
A NEW DIRECTION PAC$20,000
ADVANCING DEMOCRACY AND MOBILIZATION PAC$20,000
ALSOPAC$20,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$20,000
BLUE HEN FEDERAL PAC$20,000
DEFEND THE DREAM$20,000
FORWARD TOGETHER PAC$20,000
GRANITE VALUES PAC$20,000
HEALTH JOBS JUSTICE$20,000
I GOT YOUR BACK PAC$20,000
IN OUR HANDS$20,000
KEYSTONE AMERICA PAC$20,000
M-PAC$20,000
NARRAGANSETT BAY PAC$20,000
OCEANS PAC$20,000
OFF THE SIDELINES PAC$20,000
PEOPLE'S VOICE PAC$20,000
PINEAPPLE PAC$20,000
REV UP PAC$20,000
TURQUOISE PAC$20,000
VICTORY NOW PAC$20,000
AMERICAN MOBILIZATION PAC$15,000
COMMON GROUND PAC$15,000
FOLLOW THE NORTH STAR FUND$15,000
GIDDY UP PAC$15,000
HAWAII PAC$15,000
HOOPS PAC$15,000
MITTEN PAC$15,000
MOTOR CITY PAC$15,000
NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
PERIMETER PAC$15,000
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)$15,000
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$14,000
Peter Welch · Sponsor · $5,000
Jeff Merkley · Cosponsor · $4,000
Cory A. Booker · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordD.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$13,000
Peter Welch · Sponsor · $1,500
Jeff Merkley · Cosponsor · $10,000
Cory A. Booker · Cosponsor · $0
Chris Van Hollen · Cosponsor · $1,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$12,500
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$12,500
SMART SOLUTIONS PAC$12,500
NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION$12,000
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$10,000
ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PAC$10,000
The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
This bill is not enacted. Post-enactment results do not apply yet.