Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Amends Clean Water Act section 406 (the BEACH Act) to broaden eligible "coastal recreation waters" to include nearby shallow upstream waters and waters adjacent to beaches. Allows state and local grants to be used to identify specific sources of contamination and to include data about those sources.
Debate over federal spending level and role versus state control
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a targeted statutory amendment that effectively makes specific, legally clear changes to an existing coastal recreation water monitoring grant program and reauthorizes funding.
Amends Clean Water Act section 406 (the BEACH Act) to broaden eligible "coastal recreation waters" to include nearby shallow upstream waters and waters adjacent to beaches.
Allows state and local grants to be used to identify specific sources of contamination and to include data about those sources.
Reauthorizes $30,000,000 per year in appropriations for fiscal years 2025–2029.
Content is technical, modestly funded, and broadly noncontroversial, improving chances; procedural hurdles and appropriations timing reduce certainty.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a targeted statutory amendment that effectively makes specific, legally clear changes to an existing coastal recreation water monitoring grant program and reauthorizes funding. It integrates cleanly with the cited statutory provisions and delegates guidance responsibilities to the EPA.
Debate over federal spending level and role versus state control
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Debate over federal spending level and role versus state control
Likely strongly supportive as a public‑health and environmental monitoring measure.
Values the expanded monitoring scope and authority to identify pollution sources, while noting the funding level could be higher and enforcement is not expanded.
Generally supportive of targeted, relatively modest federal support for water monitoring and public health.
Wants clear metrics, oversight, and cost‑effectiveness; cautious about unintended local economic impacts from contamination findings.
Skeptical about expanding federal program authorizations and spending.
May accept targeted assistance for states, but concerned about potential regulatory consequences from source-identification and implications for local businesses and tourism.
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Content is technical, modestly funded, and broadly noncontroversial, improving chances; procedural hurdles and appropriations timing reduce certainty.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Debate over federal spending level and role versus state control
Content is technical, modestly funded, and broadly noncontroversial, improving chances; procedural hurdles and appropriations timing reduce…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a targeted statutory amendment that effectively makes specific, legally clear changes to an existing coastal recreation water monitoring grant program and reauthor…
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