BEACH Act of 2025
The summary
What this bill does
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.
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - OH District 14 · R-OH
37 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - NJ District 6 · D-NJ
U.S. Representative - NC District 7 · R-NC
U.S. Representative - OH District 13 · D-OH
U.S. Representative - NH District 1 · D-NH
U.S. Representative - OR-1 · D-OR
U.S. Representative - CA District 26 · D-CA
U.S. Representative - PA District 1 · R-PA
U.S. Representative - RI District 1 · D-RI
U.S. Representative - IL District 6 · D-IL
Member of Congress · D-WA
U.S. Representative - RI District 2 · D-RI
U.S. Representative - CA District 47 · D-CA
+ 25 more cosponsors
Roll-call vote
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | HR |
| Bill Number | 583 |
| Origin Chamber | House |
| Current Status | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. |
| Policy Area | Environmental Protection |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | January 21, 2025 |
| Latest Action | January 22, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 37 · House vote — · 1 views |