BEACH Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 11, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 133 words.
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.
- Committees
- Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- Policy area
- Environmental Protection: 29 of 2,191 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 7 of 533 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 358 words
- Latest action
- Feb 11, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 583 BEACH Act of 2025 R · Introduced