[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4442. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee 
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. BEACHES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND COASTAL 
                   HEALTH.

       (a) Coastal Recreation Water Quality Monitoring And 
     Notification.--
       (1) Program development and implementation grants.--Section 
     406 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
     1346) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (b)--
       (i) in paragraph (1)--

       (I) by inserting ``, including nearby shallow upstream 
     waters,'' after ``coastal recreation waters''; and
       (II) by inserting ``or present on'' after ``adjacent to'';

       (ii) in paragraph (3)(A)--

       (I) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (II) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and
       (III) by inserting after clause (i) the following:

       ``(ii) in the case of a State that uses such grant to 
     identify specific sources of contamination pursuant to 
     paragraph (5), any data relating to such identified sources 
     of contamination; and''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Identification of specific sources of 
     contamination.--A State or local government receiving a grant 
     under this subsection may use such grant to identify specific 
     sources of contamination for coastal recreation waters, 
     including nearby shallow upstream waters, adjacent to or 
     present on beaches or similar points of access that are used 
     by the public.'';
       (B) in subsection (g)(1), in the matter preceding 
     subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by inserting ``, including nearby shallow upstream 
     waters,'' after ``coastal recreation waters''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``or present on'' after ``adjacent to''; 
     and
       (C) in subsection (i), by striking ``$30,000,000 for each 
     of fiscal years 2001 through 2005'' and inserting 
     ``$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031''.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 8 of the 
     Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 
     2000 (Public Law 106-284; 114 Stat. 877) is amended by 
     striking ``2001 through 2005'' and inserting ``2027 through 
     2031''.
       (b) Guidance.--In providing guidance to States and local 
     governments receiving grants under section 406 of the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1346), the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
     ensure that such guidance reflects innovations in testing 
     technologies for water contamination.
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