Sponsor
Claudia Tenney
Representative · R-NY
Representative · R-NY
The bill creates a uniform national rule ending mandated use of paper straws in procurements to expand choice and simplify compliance, but it risks revenue losses for paper-straw suppliers, transition costs for government buyers, and possible environmental tradeoffs depending on replacement products.
Consumers and businesses nationwide would no longer be required to use paper straws by procurement rules, increasing consumer choice and ending mandatory product requirements for covered purchases.
Multi-jurisdictional entities and vendors would face a single, consistent federal procurement rule, reducing compliance complexity and administrative burden across states and agencies.
Businesses that manufacture or supply paper straws could lose sales and see revenue declines if forced-use procurement ends nationwide, harming small manufacturers and their employees.
If the statute effectively discourages or restricts paper (environmentally preferred) alternatives, replacement products could increase waste or other environmental harms depending on what is used instead.
Government purchasers may need to revise procurement contracts and incur administrative transition costs to implement the new statutory requirement, with those costs borne by local governments or taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Makes Executive Order 14208 (ending procurement/forced use of paper straws) into federal law, giving that policy statutory force nationwide.
Official title: To codify Executive Order 14208 relating to ending procurement and forced use of paper straws.
Introduced July 15, 2025 by Claudia Tenney · Last progress July 15, 2025
Makes an existing presidential executive order about ending procurement and forced use of paper straws into federal law. In short, the bill converts Executive Order 14208 into statute so that the prohibition on federal procurement or forced use of paper straws has the force of law nationwide upon enactment.