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S 508 · in committee · major

BEACH Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill reauthorizes and expands EPA grants to states and local governments for monitoring coastal water quality through 2029.
  • Coastal communities, beach users, and state/local environmental agencies are affected by expanded water safety monitoring requirements.
  • Funding mechanism uses EPA grants; no specific budget amount mentioned; program runs through fiscal year 2029.

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    How would expanded water quality monitoring requirements affect the operational costs and staffing needs of your state or local environmental agency?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs might exist between increasing coastal monitoring frequency and allocating EPA grant funding to other environmental priorities?

  3. 03

    Which coastal water safety issues in your community would benefit most from enhanced monitoring data through 2029?

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Ron Wyden

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Introduced 2025-02-11

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-11 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

  2. 2025-02-11 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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