Plastic Health Research Act

Oversight of EPA rules and regulations Issues related to paint recycling and overall recycling Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) S.351 - Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) GRAS issue H.R. 2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (RIAA) H.R. 4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA) H.R. 4903 - the Plastic Health Research Act Issues related to permitting reform and NEPA legislation H.R. 6832 - Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act of 2025 (PACK Act) H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act H.R. 7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act (RMAA) S.4724 / H.R.9231 - No Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Act of 2026

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025; H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act; H.R.5966 - Ohio River Restoration Program Act; H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act; H.R.6832 - PACK Act; H.R.7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act of 2026; S.351 - STEWARD Act of 2025; S.3796 - Ohio River Restoration Program Act of 2026; Draft water infrastructure reauthorization legislation; Global Plastics Agreement advocacy; Senate Draft Save our Seas 3.0 Act; Standards for Air Curtain Incinerators That Only Burn Wood Wastes, Yard Wastes and Clean Lumber; Provision for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units, Temporary Use Incinerators and Air Curtain Incinerators Used in Disaster Recovery; Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group I and II Polymers and Resins Industry re-proposal; USDA BioPreferred program.

Client expense: $2,570,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office

Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Clean Air or Federal Water Pollution Control Act permits for plastic manufacturing facilities, product bans, recycled content requirements. Rewarding Efforts to Decrease Unrecycled Contaminants in Ecosystems Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Excise tax on plastic resin. Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Research and Standards for Plastics Recycling. Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169); Incentives for Industrial Decarbonization including Clean Energy Development and Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage; Implementation. United Nations Environment Program Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution (No bill number) Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development Act of 2025 (S.351); Establishes a pilot program at the EPA to award grants to eligible entities to improve recycling accessibility and requires the EPA to collect data on recycling and composting rates across the country and publish that data. Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act (H.R.2145); Establishes a pilot program at the EPA to award grants to eligible entities to improve recycling accessibility and Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (H.R.4109); Requires the EPA to collect data on recycling and composting rates across the country and publish that data. Microplastic Safety Act (S.2353/H.R.4486); A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to conduct a study, and submit to Congress a report, on the human health impacts of exposure to microplastics in food and water. Plastic Health Research Act (H.R.4903); To amend the Public Health Service Act to carry out, expand, and coordinate programs relating to plastic exposure health research, to authorize grants, contracts, and agreements with respect to such research. Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act (H.R. 7543/S.4181); Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes. Recycling Technology Innovation Act (H.R. 6566); classifies advanced recycling as a manufacturing process as it relates to the Clean Air Act. Recycled Materials Attribution Act (H.R. 7502); 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. Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act (H.R. 6832); Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to include requirements for recyclable, compostable, and reusable claims for packaging for a consumer product, and for other purposes. Issues regarding ETBE. Availability of water resources and related infrastructure necessary for manufacturing.

Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to ethylene oxide. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to TSCA implementation. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to IRIS program. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Chemistry Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to PFAS. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to advanced manufacturing R&D. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to sustainability. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to microplastics and plastic waste/marine debris, including Save Our Seas. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to recycling, extended producer responsibility, and design for recycling and circularity. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Recycling Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to regulatory agenda. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to butadiene. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to D4. H.R. 1415, No IRIS Act of 2025. H.R. 2145, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025. H.R. 4109, Recycling and Composting Accountability Act. H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act). H.R. 4903, Plastic Health Research Act. H.R. 6566, Recycling Technology Innovation Act. H.R. 6832, The Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act of 2025. H.R. 7502, Recycled Materials Attribution Act. S. 351, STEWARD Act of 2025. S. 623, No IRIS Act of 2025.

Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to ethylene oxide. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to TSCA implementation. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to IRIS program. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Chemistry Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to PFAS. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to advanced manufacturing R&D. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to sustainability. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to microplastics and plastic waste/marine debris, including Save Our Seas. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to recycling, extended producer responsibility, and design for recycling and circularity. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Recycling Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to regulatory agenda. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to butadiene. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to D4. H.R. 1415, No IRIS Act of 2025. H.R. 2145, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025. H.R. 4109, Recycling and Composting Accountability Act. H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act). H.R. 4903, Plastic Health Research Act. H.R. 6566, Recycling Technology Innovation Act. H.R. 6832, The Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act of 2025. H.R. 7502, Recycled Materials Attribution Act. S. 351, STEWARD Act of 2025. S. 623, No IRIS Act of 2025.

Oversight of EPA rules and regulations Issues related to paint recycling and overall recycling Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) S.351 - Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) GRAS issue H.R. 2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (RIAA) H.R. 4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA) H.R. 4903 - the Plastic Health Research Act Issues related to permitting reform and NEPA legislation H.R. 6832 - Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act of 2025 (PACK Act) H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act H.R. 7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act (RMAA) S.4724 / H.R.9231 - No Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Act of 2026

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Implementation and funding of the 2016 reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act [P.L.94-469]. S.623 - No IRIS Act. BASF supports science-based, transparent, and stable regulatory processes, along with increased EPA funding, staffing, and regulatory efficiency to ensure safe, sustainable chemistries reach the market in a timely manner. S.351 - STEWARD Act. H.R.4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act. H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act. BASF supports policies that promote recycling and composting and improve recovery and recycling infrastructure, rather than banning or taxing specific products. H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act. BASF supports policies that reduce plastic pollution in the environment, including pollution from nanoplastics and microplastics. H.R.6566 - Recycling Technologies Innovation Act (and related policy efforts). H.R.7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act (and related policy efforts). BASF supports policies that formally recognize advanced recycling technologies and mass balance accounting as critical to growing the circular economy, eliminating plastic pollution, and protecting the environment. H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. BASF supports legislation that promotes bioattributed and biobased products and improves the accessibility, usability, and recognition of mass balance accounting methodology. Global Plastics Treaty (no bills). BASF supports development of a global plastics treaty to eliminate plastic pollution and policies that promote recycling and composting, improve recovery and recycling infrastructure, and reduce environmental pollution from plastics, including nanoplastics and microplastics.

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act (and related policy efforts). H.R.6566 - Recycling Technologies Innovation Act (and related policy efforts). BASF supports policies that formally recognize advanced recycling technologies and mass balance accounting as critical to growing the circular economy, eliminating plastic pollution, and protecting the environment. H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. BASF supports legislation that promotes bioattributed and biobased products and improves the accessibility, usability, and recognition of mass balance accounting methodology. Clean Air Act Implementation (89 FR 429,32 (HON Rule). BASF supports reconsideration of the New Source Performance Standards for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group I & II Polymers and Resins Industry. H.R.8800 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. S.1337 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act. BASF supports the protection of our nation's cyber infrastructure via a multi-year, long term reauthorization of the ""Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act."" S.4380/H.R.9232 - Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act. BASF supports FAA designation of chemical facilities as critical infrastructure, the use of countermeasures against unauthorized drone flights, and policies that strengthen physical security, cybersecurity, and safety across the chemical supply chain. S.351 - STEWARD Act. H.R.4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act. H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act. BASF supports policies that promote recycling and composting and improve recovery and recycling infrastructure, rather than banning or taxing specific products. H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act. BASF supports policies that reduce plastic pollution in the environment, including pollution from nanoplastics and microplastics.Implementation and funding of the 2016 reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act [P.L.94-469]. S.623 - No IRIS Act. BASF supports science-based, transparent, and stable regulatory processes, along with increased EPA funding, staffing, and regulatory efficiency to ensure safe, sustainable chemistries reach the market in a timely manner.

Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to ethylene oxide. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to TSCA implementation. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to IRIS program. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Chemistry Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to PFAS. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to advanced manufacturing R&D. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to sustainability. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to microplastics and plastic waste/marine debris, including Save Our Seas. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to recycling, extended producer responsibility, and design for recycling and circularity. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Recycling Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to regulatory agenda. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to butadiene. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to D4. H.R. 1415, No IRIS Act of 2025. H.R. 2145, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025. H.R. 4109, Recycling and Composting Accountability Act. H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act). H.R. 4903, Plastic Health Research Act. H.R. 6566, Recycling Technology Innovation Act. H.R. 6832, The Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act of 2025. H.R. 7502, Recycled Materials Attribution Act. S. 351, STEWARD Act of 2025. S. 623, No IRIS Act of 2025.

Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Clean Air or Federal Water Pollution Control Act permits for plastic manufacturing facilities, product bans, recycled content requirements. Rewarding Efforts to Decrease Unrecycled Contaminants in Ecosystems Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Excise tax on plastic resin. Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Research and Standards for Plastics Recycling. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58); Reinstatement of superfund excise tax on chemicals as a funding mechanism; Implementation. Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169); Incentives for Industrial Decarbonization including Clean Energy Development and Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage; Implementation. United Nations Environment Program Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution (No bill number) Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development Act of 2025 (S.351); Establishes a pilot program at the EPA to award grants to eligible entities to improve recycling accessibility and requires the EPA to collect data on recycling and composting rates across the country and publish that data. Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act (H.R.2145); Establishes a pilot program at the EPA to award grants to eligible entities to improve recycling accessibility and Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (H.R.4109); Requires the EPA to collect data on recycling and composting rates across the country and publish that data. Microplastic Safety Act (S.2353/H.R.4486); A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to conduct a study, and submit to Congress a report, on the human health impacts of exposure to microplastics in food and water. Plastic Health Research Act (H.R.4903); To amend the Public Health Service Act to carry out, expand, and coordinate programs relating to plastic exposure health research, to authorize grants, contracts, and agreements with respect to such research. Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act (H.R. 7543/S.4181); Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes. Recycling Technology Innovation Act (H.R. 6566); classifies advanced recycling as a manufacturing process as it relates to the Clean Air Act. Recycled Materials Attribution Act (H.R. 7502); 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. Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act (H.R. 6832); Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to include requirements for recyclable, compostable, and reusable claims for packaging for a consumer product, and for other purposes. Issues regarding ETBE.

H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025; H.R.4832 - Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act of 2025; H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act; H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act; H.R.6832 - PACK Act; H.R.7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act; H.R.7567 - Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026; S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act; S.351 - STEWARD Act of 2025; S.3122 - Better FDA Act of 2025; Basel Convention Implementation legislation; Draft Legislation - Save our Seas Act 3.0; Global Plastics Agreement advocacy; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Polyether Polyols; Standards for Air Curtain Incinerators That Only Burn Wood Wastes, Yard Wastes and Clean Lumber; Provision for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units: Temporary Use Incinerators and Air Curtain Incinerators Used in Disaster Recovery; USDA BioPreferred program and the use of mass balance attribution.

Client expense: $3,760,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Oversight of EPA rules and regulations Issues related to paint recycling and overall recycling Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) S.351 - Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) GRAS issue H.R. 2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (RIAA) H.R. 4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA) H.R. 4903 - the Plastic Health Research Act Issues related to permitting reform and NEPA legislation H.R. 6832 - Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act of 2025 (PACK Act) H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act H.R. 7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act (RMAA)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Bill (no bill number). BASF supports the continued operation of the EnergyStar program, jointly administered by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. Global Plastics Treaty (no bills). H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act. H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act. H.R.7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act. BASF supports development of a global plastics treaty to eliminate plastic pollution and policies that promote recycling and composting, improve recovery and recycling infrastructure, and reduce environmental pollution from plastics, including nanoplastics and microplastics. BASF supports formal recognition of advanced recycling technologies and mass balance accounting as critical tools for growing the circular economy, eliminating plastic pollution, and protecting the environment. BASF supports legislation that promotes bioattributed and biobased products and improves the accessibility, usability, and recognition of mass balance accounting methodology. Implementation and funding of the 2016 reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act [P.L.94-469]. S.623 - No IRIS Act. BASF supports science-based, transparent, and stable regulatory processes, along with increased EPA funding, staffing, and regulatory efficiency to ensure safe, sustainable chemistries reach the market in a timely manner.

Client expense: $1,020,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Implementation and funding of the 2016 reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act [P.L. 94-469]; S.623 - No IRIS Act. BASF supports science-based, transparent, and stable regulatory processes, along with increased EPA funding, staffing, and regulatory efficiency to ensure safe, sustainable chemistries reach the market in a timely manner. H.R.5061 - Counter-UAS Authority, Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act. S.1337 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act. BASF supports FAA designation of chemical facilities as critical infrastructure, the use of countermeasures against unauthorized drone flights, and policies that strengthen physical security, cybersecurity, and safety across the chemical supply chain. S.351 - STEWARD Act; H.R.4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act; H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act. BASF supports policies that promote recycling and composting and improve recovery and recycling infrastructure, rather than banning or taxing specific products. H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act. BASF supports policies that reduce plastic pollution in the environment, including pollution from nanoplastics and microplastics. H.R.6566 - Recycling Technologies Innovation Act (and related policy efforts). H.R.7502 - Recycled Materials Attribution Act (and related policy efforts). BASF supports policies that formally recognize advanced recycling technologies and mass balance accounting as critical to growing the circular economy, eliminating plastic pollution, and protecting the environment. BASF supports legislation that promotes bioattributed and biobased products and improves the accessibility, usability, and recognition of mass balance accounting methodology. Clean Air Act Implementation (89 FR 429,32 (HON Rule). BASF supports reconsideration of the New Source Performance Standards for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group I & II Polymers and Resins Industry.

H.R.1355 - Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act of 2025; H.R.161 - New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act; H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025; H.R.3474 - Federal Mechanical Insulation Act; H.R.3898 - PERMIT Act; H.R.4552 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; H.R.4690 - Reliable Federal infrastructure Act; H.R.4776 - SPEED Act; H.R.4832 - Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act of 2025; H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act; H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act; H.R.6938 - Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026; S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act; S.351 - STEWARD Act of 2025; S.2354 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; S.2465 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; S.2651 - ROAD to Housing Act of 2025; Bioattributed product policy; Clean Industrial Technology Act -- DOE Industrial Demonstration Program; Draft legislation on plastics recycling and development. Draft legislation that sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy, commonly referred to as the "Farm Bill." - Energy title. Utilization of mass balance attribution in the BioPreferred program; Global Plastics Agreement, Basel Convention Ratification; Make America Healthy Again initiative; Permitting modernization and advanced recycling; Regulatory treatment of advanced recycling.

Client expense: $6,800,000 · Firm income: Not reported

S.351 The STEWARD Act H.R.4466 Cultivation Investment in Recycling and Circular Local Economies Act H.R.4903 Plastic Health Research Act

Client expense: $1,150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to ethylene oxide. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to TSCA implementation. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to IRIS program. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Chemistry Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to PFAS. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to advanced manufacturing R&D. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to sustainability. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to microplastics and plastic waste/marine debris, including Save Our Seas. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to recycling, extended producer responsibility, and design for recycling and circularity. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Recycling Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to regulatory agenda. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to butadiene. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to 1,4-dioxane. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to D4. H.R. 1415, No IRIS Act of 2025. H.R. 2145, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025. H.R. 4109, Recycling and Composting Accountability Act. H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act). H.R. 4903, Plastic Health Research Act. H.R. 6566, Recycling Technology Innovation Act. H.R. 6832, The Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act of 2025. S. 351, STEWARD Act of 2025. S. 623, No IRIS Act of 2025.

Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Clean Air or Federal Water Pollution Control Act permits for plastic manufacturing facilities, product bans, recycled content requirements. CLEAN Future Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); waste section regarding plastics. Rewarding Efforts to Decrease Unrecycled Contaminants in Ecosystems Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Excise tax on plastic resin. Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Research and Standards for Plastics Recycling. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58); Reinstatement of superfund excise tax on chemicals as a funding mechanism; Implementation. Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169); Incentives for Industrial Decarbonization including Clean Energy Development and Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage; Implementation. United Nations Environment Program Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution (No bill number) Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastics and Recycling Innovation Act of 2024 (Not yet introduced this Congress); Sets a 30% recycled content mandate by 2030; Creates a modern regulatory system to develop a circular economy for plastics; Develops a national recycling standard for plastics; Studies the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from all materials; and establishes an American-designed producer responsibility system. Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development Act of 2025 (S.351); Establishes a pilot program at the EPA to award grants to eligible entities to improve recycling accessibility and requires the EPA to collect data on recycling and composting rates across the country and publish that data. Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act (H.R.2145); Establishes a pilot program at the EPA to award grants to eligible entities to improve recycling accessibility and Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (H.R.4109); Requires the EPA to collect data on recycling and composting rates across the country and publish that data. Protecting Communities from Plastics Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities related to plastics. Microplastic Safety Act (S.2353/H.R.4486); A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to conduct a study, and submit to Congress a report, on the human health impacts of exposure to microplastics in food and water. Plastic Health Research Act (H.R.4903); To amend the Public Health Service Act to carry out, expand, and coordinate programs relating to plastic exposure health research, to authorize grants, contracts, and agreements with respect to such research. Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act (Not yet introduced this Congress) Recycling Technology Innovation Act (H.R. 6566); classifies advanced recycling as a manufacturing process as it relates to the Clean Air Act. Issues regarding ETBE.

Implementation and funding of the 2016 reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act [P.L. 94-469]; S.623 - No IRIS Act. BASF supports science-based, transparent, and stable regulatory processes, along with increased EPA funding, staffing, and regulatory efficiency to ensure safe, sustainable chemistries reach the market in a timely manner. H.R.5061 - Counter-UAS Authority, Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act; S.1337 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act; H.R.5079 - Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act. BASF supports FAA designation of chemical facilities as critical infrastructure, the use of countermeasures against unauthorized drone flights, and policies that strengthen physical security, cybersecurity, and safety across the chemical supply chain. S.351 - STEWARD Act; H.R.4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act; H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act. BASF supports policies that promote recycling and composting and improve recovery and recycling infrastructure, rather than banning or taxing specific products. H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act. BASF supports policies that reduce plastic pollution in the environment, including pollution from nanoplastics and microplastics. H.R.6566 - Recycling Technologies Innovation Act (and related policy efforts). BASF supports policies that formally recognize advanced recycling technologies and mass balance accounting as critical to growing the circular economy, eliminating plastic pollution, and protecting the environment. H.R.4832 / S.2654 - Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act. BASF supports legislation that promotes bioattributed and biobased products and improves the accessibility, usability, and recognition of mass balance accounting methodology.

Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Bill (no bill number). BASF supports the continued operation of the EnergyStar program, jointly administered by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. Global Plastics Treaty (no bills); S.351 - STEWARD Act; H.R.4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act; H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act; H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act; H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act. BASF supports development of a global plastics treaty to eliminate plastic pollution and policies that promote recycling and composting, improve recovery and recycling infrastructure, and reduce environmental pollution from plastics, including nanoplastics and microplastics. BASF supports formal recognition of advanced recycling technologies and mass balance accounting as critical tools for growing the circular economy, eliminating plastic pollution, and protecting the environment. H.R.4832 / S.2654 - Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act. BASF supports legislation that promotes bioattributed and biobased products and improves the accessibility, usability, and recognition of mass balance accounting methodology. Implementation and funding of the 2016 reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act [P.L.94-469]; S.623 - No IRIS Act. BASF supports science-based, transparent, and stable regulatory processes, along with increased EPA funding, staffing, and regulatory efficiency to ensure safe, sustainable chemistries reach the market in a timely manner.

Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Oversight of EPA rules and regulations Issues related to paint recycling and overall recycling Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) S.351 - Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act S.623 / H.R.1415 - No IRIS Act S. 216 the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) GRAS issue H.R. 2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (RIAA) H.R. 4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA) H.R. 4903 - the Plastic Health Research Act Issues related to permitting reform and NEPA legislation H.R. 6832 - Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act of 2025 (PACK Act) H.R.6566 - Recycling Technology Innovation Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to ethylene oxide. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to TSCA implementation. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to IRIS program. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Chemistry Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to PFAS. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to advanced manufacturing R&D. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to sustainability. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to microplastics and plastic waste/marine debris, including Save Our Seas. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to recycling, extended producer responsibility, and design for recycling and circularity. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Recycling Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to regulatory agenda. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to butadiene. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to 1,4-dioxane. H.R. 1415, No IRIS Act of 2025. H.R. 2145, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025. H.R. 4109, Recycling and Composting Accountability Act. H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act). H.R. 4903, Plastic Health Research Act. S. 351, STEWARD Act of 2025. S. 623, No IRIS Act of 2025.

Client expense: $1,340,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1267 Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act; H.R. 2145 Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025; H.R. 3898 Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act - Section 4 - Water quality technology availability; H.R. 4553 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; H.R. 4832 Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act; H.R. 4903 Plastic Health Research Act; H.R.4553 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; S. 2354 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; S. 351 STEWARD Act of 2025; S.2465 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 - auto safety, auto lightweighting, innovation and customer choice.; S.2651 ROAD to Housing Act of 2025 - energy and water standards in homes and on housing costs; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Potential Future Regulation Addressing Pyrolysis and Gasification Units; Air Rules Regulating American Energy, Manufacturing, Chemical Sectors (NESHAPs) New Source Performance Standards for Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group I & II Poly; Anti-dumping, Section 232, Section 301, Annex II, trade and tariff advocacy and education; Chemical Manufacturing Area Source (CMAS) and Polyether Polyols (PEPO) Rules; Clean Air Act; Sustainable Chemistry; Draft advanced recycling permitting legislation; Draft bill - Vehicle Recycling Opportunity and Optimization in Materials Act; Draft rulemaking for modifications to BioPreferred program; Energy and Water Appropriations Act, 2026 Senate; Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a legally binding instrument for plastic pollution; Global plastics agreement; Low-emissions supply chain policy; Plastics Health Research Act; Unintroduced legislation concerning advanced recycling; Unintroduced legislation concerning bioattribution and mass balance in USDA BioPreferred program; Unintroduced legislation dealing with plastics recycling claims and the FTC.; Unintroduced legislation dealing with plastics recycling research and development.; Unintroduced legislation promoting increased automotive plastics recycling.; Unintroduced legislation similar to the Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastics and Recycling Innovation Act; Unintroduced legislation that sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation and forestry policy commonly referred to as the "Farm Bill;" Unintroduced legislation titled "Recycling Technologies Innovation Act.; " Unintroduced legislation titled the "Recycled Materials Attribution Act."

Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to ethylene oxide. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to TSCA implementation. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to IRIS program. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Chemistry Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to PFAS. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to advanced manufacturing R&D. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to sustainability. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to microplastics and plastic waste/marine debris, including Save Our Seas. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to recycling, extended producer responsibility, and design for recycling and circularity. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to the Congressional Recycling Caucus. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to regulatory agenda. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to butadiene. Monitor and engage on federal legislation and administrative action related to 1,4-dioxane. H.R. 1415, No IRIS Act of 2025. H.R. 2145, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025. H.R. 4109, Recycling and Composting Accountability Act. H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act). H.R. 4903, Plastic Health Research Act. S. 351, STEWARD Act of 2025. S. 623, No IRIS Act of 2025.

Client expense: $1,340,000 · Firm income: Not reported

EPA rules, regulations and compliance S.623 / H.R.1415 - No IRIS Act Issues related to EPA Low Volume Exemptions (LVEs) S.351 - Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) GRAS issue H.R. 2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (RIAA) H.R. 4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA) H.R. 4903 - the Plastic Health Research Act Issues related to permitting and NEPA legislation

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Clean Air or Federal Water Pollution Control Act permits for plastic manufacturing facilities, product bans, recycled content requirements. CLEAN Future Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); waste section regarding plastics. Rewarding Efforts to Decrease Unrecycled Contaminants in Ecosystems Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Excise tax on plastic resin. Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); Research and Standards for Plastics Recycling. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58); Reinstatement of superfund excise tax on chemicals as a funding mechanism; Implementation. Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169); Incentives for Industrial Decarbonization including Clean Energy Development and Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage; Implementation. United Nations Environment Program Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution (No bill number) Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastics and Recycling Innovation Act of 2024 (Not yet introduced this Congress); Sets a 30% recycled content mandate by 2030; Creates a modern regulatory system to develop a circular economy for plastics; Develops a national recycling standard for plastics; Studies the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from all materials; and establishes an American-designed producer responsibility system. Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development Act of 2025 (S.351); Establishes a pilot program at the EPA to award grants to eligible entities to improve recycling accessibility and requires the EPA to collect data on recycling and composting rates across the country and publish that data. Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act (H.R.2145); Establishes a pilot program at the EPA to award grants to eligible entities to improve recycling accessibility and Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (H.R.4109); Requires the EPA to collect data on recycling and composting rates across the country and publish that data. Protecting Communities from Plastics Act (Not yet introduced this Congress); To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities related to plastics. Microplastic Safety Act (S.2353/H.R.4486); A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to conduct a study, and submit to Congress a report, on the human health impacts of exposure to microplastics in food and water. Plastic Health Research Act (H.R.4903); To amend the Public Health Service Act to carry out, expand, and coordinate programs relating to plastic exposure health research, to authorize grants, contracts, and agreements with respect to such research. (Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act (Not yet introduced this Congress) Permitting reform as it related to chemical recycling. Issues regarding ETBE.

Implementation and funding of 2016 reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act [P.L.94-469]; No IRIS Act (S.623); BASF supports regulatory processes that are science-based, transparent, and stable, as well as increased EPA funding, staffing, and regulatory efficiency to ensure that safe, sustainable chemistries can reach the market in a timely manner. Chemical Facility Security (H.R.5061 - Counter-UAS Authority, Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act; S.1337 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act; H.R. 5079 - Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act). BASF supports FAA establishment of a critical infrastructure designation over chemical facilities and the use of countermeasures to protect against unauthorized drone flights. BASF also advocates for policies that promote physical and cybersecurity, as well as safety at chemical plants across the supply chain. Plastics (S.351 - STEWARD Act; H.R.4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act; H.R. 2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act). BASF supports policies that promote recycling and composting and improve recovery and recycling infrastructure, rather than banning or taxing specific products. Open Competition (no bills). BASF supports public policies ensuring that open, competitive bidding procedures are used for selecting materials in federally funded infrastructure projects. Microplastics (H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act). BASF supports policies that reduce plastic pollution in the environment, including pollution from nanoplastics and microplastics. Advanced Recycling (no bills). BASF supports policies that formally recognize advanced recycling technologies and mass balance accounting as critical to growing the circular economy, eliminating plastic pollution, and protecting the environment. Mass Balance (H.R.4832/S.2654 - Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act). BASF supports legislation that promotes bioattributed and biobased products and improves accessibility, usability, and recognition of mass balance accounting methodology.

No IRIS Act (S.623); Implementation and funding of 2016 reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act [P.L.94-469]. BASF supports regulatory processes that are science-based, transparent, and stable, as well as increased EPA funding, staffing, and regulatory efficiency to ensure that safe, sustainable chemistries can reach the market in a timely manner. Global Plastics Treaty (no bills). BASF supports the development of a global plastics treaty to eliminate plastic pollution and encourages the use of all innovative recycling technologies to achieve this goal. Plastics (S.351 - STEWARD Act; H.R.4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act; H.R.2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act). BASF supports policies that promote recycling and composting and improve recovery and recycling infrastructure, rather than banning or taxing specific products. Microplastics (H.R.4903 - Plastic Health Research Act). BASF supports policies that reduce plastic pollution in the environment, including pollution from nanoplastics and microplastics. Advanced Recycling (no bills). BASF supports policies that formally recognize advanced recycling technologies and mass balance accounting as critical to growing the circular economy, eliminating plastic pollution, and protecting the environment. Mass Balance (H.R.4832/S.2654 - Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act). BASF supports legislation that promotes bioattributed and biobased products and improves accessibility, usability, and recognition of mass balance accounting methodology. Open Competition (no bills). BASF supports policies that ensure open, competitive bidding procedures are used for selecting materials in federally funded infrastructure projects. EnergyStar Appropriations (Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Bill - no bill number). BASF supports the continued operation of the EnergyStar program jointly administered by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.

EPA rules, regulations and compliance S.623 / H.R.1415 - No IRIS Act Issues related to EPA Low Volume Exemptions (LVEs) S.351 - Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) GRAS issue H.R. 2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (RIAA) H.R. 4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA) H.R. 4903 - the Plastic Health Research Act Issues related to permitting and NEPA legislation

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Oversight of EPA rules and regulations Issues related to paint recycling and overall recycling Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) S.351 - Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act S.623 / H.R.1415 - No IRIS Act Save Our Seas discussions Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) GRAS issue H.R. 2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (RIAA) H.R. 4109 - Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA) H.R. 4903 - the Plastic Health Research Act Issues related to permitting reform and NEPA legislation

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE