Textile Waste Reduction Act

(a) Establishment

(1) In general. There is established an interagency group, to be known as the Interagency Working Group on Textile Circularity, to coordinate Federal activities on advancing textile circularity, including Federal activities relating to the development and implementation of the National Textile Circularity Strategy.

(2) Charter

(A) Establishment. Not later than 225 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the heads of the following entities shall develop and execute a charter, memorandum of agreement, or similar mechanism to set forth the goals and activities of the Interagency Working Group:

(i) The Department of Energy.

(ii) The Department of State.

(iii) The Environmental Protection Agency.

(iv) The Federal Trade Commission.

(v) The National Institute of Standards and Technology.

(vi) The National Science Foundation.

(vii) U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

(viii) The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

(ix) Any other Federal entity that the Administrator determines to be appropriate.

(B) Incorporation of leading practices. In developing and executing such charter, memorandum, or mechanism, such heads shall, as applicable, follow, or incorporate into the charter, memorandum, or mechanism, the leading practices for interagency collaboration set forth by the Government Accountability Office, including that each member of the Interagency Working Group shall sign such charter, memorandum, or mechanism.

(b) Membership

(1) In general. Not later than 30 days after the execution of the charter, memorandum of agreement, or similar mechanism under subsection (a)(2), the head of each of the entities listed in such subsection shall designate as a member of the Interagency Working Group any officer or employee of the entity who has the authority to provide the Federal financial assistance or incentives, personnel, administrative support, and technical services of the entity.

(2) Chair. The Interagency Working Group shall be chaired by the member designated from the Environmental Protection Agency.

(c) Duties. The Interagency Working Group shall—

(1) assist and advise the Administrator in developing, updating, and implementing the National Textile Circularity Strategy, including by providing data and resources identified as needed in the National Textile Circularity Strategy;

(2) facilitate the sharing of information across the Federal Government, including the White House, regarding the advancement of textile circularity across the United States, including information relating to the development and implementation of the National Textile Circularity Strategy;

(3) develop a strategy to coordinate Federal interagency efforts to advance textile circularity across the Federal Government, including developing a common framework across the Federal Government of principles, definitions, data, and methods related to such efforts, in furtherance of the activities of the National Textile Circularity Strategy; and

(4) make recommendations to each entity listed in subsection (a)(2) regarding the strategy to coordinate Federal interagency efforts developed under paragraph (3).

(d) Report to Congress. The Chair of the Interagency Working Group shall—

(1) not fewer than 60 days before the Chair of the Interagency Working Group submits a report on the findings and activities of the Interagency Working Group under paragraph (3), submit to the Advisory Board a draft of such report;

(2) update such report, as appropriate, to address any recommendations submitted by the Advisory Board; and

(3) not later than 1 year after the date on which the Interagency Working Group is established, and not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, submit to Congress such report.