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HR 583 · in committee · major

BEACH Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The EPA will fund state and local monitoring of coastal beach water quality through 2029.
  • Coastal communities and the public are affected by notifications about unsafe swimming conditions.
  • Grants expanded to identify contamination sources and monitor upstream waters with no new spending specified.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How should EPA funding be prioritized between monitoring beaches directly versus tracing contamination sources upstream?

  2. 02

    What mechanisms would ensure coastal states use grants to notify the public quickly when unsafe conditions are detected?

  3. 03

    Which coastal communities lack current water quality monitoring, and how would expanded grants address existing gaps?

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Sponsor · R-OH-14

David P. Joyce

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Introduced 2025-01-22

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-22 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

  2. 2025-01-21 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

  3. 2025-01-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-01-21 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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