3.0.0 508 2026-09-08T18:12:22Z 2026-09-08T18:17:06Z Senate S S 2025-02-11 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/508 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-02-11T15:52:36Z Referred To 2025-02-11T15:52:36Z BEACH Act of 2025 119 583 HR 2025-01-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Identical bill CRS 2025-02-11 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2025-02-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2025-02-11 True K000394 Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] Andy Kim D NJ 2026-05-21 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2026-06-03 False B001303 Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] Lisa Blunt Rochester D DE 2026-06-03 False Environmental Protection Environmental Protection 2025-03-12T14:21:54Z 00 2025-02-11 Introduced in Senate 2025-07-29T20:51:47Z Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2025 or the BEACH Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 and expands an existing program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that awards grants to states and local governments to (1) monitor the water quality of coastal recreational waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are used by the public; and (2) notify the public, local governments, and the EPA when the water is not safe for recreational activities.

Specifically, the bill expands the program to allow the EPA to award grants for identifying sources of contamination (i.e., pathogens) for coastal recreation waters. It also allows grants to be used for monitoring and notification of contamination in (1) shallow waters upstream from recreational waters, and (2) recreational waters on beaches.

]]> BEACH Act of 2025 Display Title 45 BEACH Act of 2025 2026-06-04T11:03:24Z Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to grants for beach monitoring, and for other purposes. 2025-03-12T02:34:21Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 BEACH Act of 2025 2025-03-12T02:23:25Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2025 2025-03-12T02:23:25Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-02-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s508is/xml/BILLS-119s508is.xml 2025-02-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.