Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Stop Ineffective Paper Straws Act or the SIPS Act.
(a) Requirement
A covered agency that procures or provides for use a straw during the performance of a contract in a facility that is owned or leased by such covered agency shall ensure that any such straw has the strength and durability of a plastic straw.
(b) Representation
A person who submits a bid or offer to a covered agency shall represent, by submission of such bid or offer, that such person—
(1) does not have any policy promoting the use of a paper straw or penalizing the use of a plastic straw;
(2) shall not provide any paper straw in the performance of any contract; and
(3) shall ensure that any straw such person provides in the performance of any contract has the strength and durability of a plastic straw.
(c) Covered agency defined
In this section, the term covered agency means—
(1) the Office of Management and Budget;
(2) the Office of Federal Procurement Policy;
(3) the Department of Defense;
(4) the General Services Administration; and
(5) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.