The public will be able to comment on a proposed rule banning federal contractors from offering government agencies paper straws once it enters the Federal Register on Monday.
The rule affects the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, NASA, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and the Office of Management and Budget, per the Federal Register website.
The rule enters the register Monday at which point the 60-day public comment period, lasting until Sept. 19, will begin. To comment, people should go to regulations.gov and comment citing “FAR Case 2025-006,” according to the Federal Register website.
Under the proposed rule, those agencies would procure “straws with the strength and durability of plastic,” instead of using paper straws.
It would also establish a provision requiring a prospective federal contractor “to represent that it does not have policies promoting the use of paper straws or penalizing the use of plastic straws,