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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 508 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to grants for |
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| 6 | 6 | | beach monitoring, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY11, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. W |
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| 10 | 10 | | YDEN(for himself and Mr. TILLIS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 11 | 11 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public |
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| 12 | 12 | | Works |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating |
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| 15 | 15 | | to grants for beach monitoring, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Beaches Environ-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | mental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2025’’ or 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | the ‘‘BEACH Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •S 508 IS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. COASTAL RECREATION WATER QUALITY MONI-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | TORING AND NOTIFICATION. 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) P |
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| 28 | 28 | | ROGRAMDEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | G |
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| 30 | 30 | | RANTS.—Section 406 of the Federal Water Pollution 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1346) is amended— 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in subsection (b)— 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) in paragraph (1)— 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (i) by inserting ‘‘, including nearby 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | shallow upstream waters,’’ after ‘‘coastal 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | recreation waters’’; and 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (ii) by inserting ‘‘or present on’’ after 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘adjacent to’’; 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (B) in paragraph (3)(A)— 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the end; 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (ii) by redesignating clause (ii) as 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | clause (iii); and 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | following: 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(ii) in the case of a State that uses 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | such grant to identify specific sources of 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | contamination pursuant to paragraph (5), 22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | any data relating to such identified sources 23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of contamination; and’’; and 24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | •S 508 IS |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(5) IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC SOURCES OF 1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | CONTAMINATION.—A State or local government re-2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ceiving a grant under this subsection may use such 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | grant to identify specific sources of contamination 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | for coastal recreation waters, including nearby shal-5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | low upstream waters, adjacent to or present on 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | beaches or similar points of access that are used by 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the public.’’; 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (2) in subsection (g)(1)— 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (A) by inserting ‘‘, including nearby shal-10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | low upstream waters,’’ after ‘‘coastal recreation 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | waters’’; and 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (B) by inserting ‘‘or present on’’ after ‘‘ad-13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | jacent to’’; and 14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (3) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘$30,000,000 15 |
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| 70 | 70 | | for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’ and in-16 |
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| 71 | 71 | | serting ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 17 |
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| 72 | 72 | | through 2029’’. 18 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (b) A |
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| 74 | 74 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 19 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 8 of the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal 20 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Health Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–284; 114 Stat. 877) 21 |
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| 77 | 77 | | is amended by striking ‘‘2001 through 2005’’ and insert-22 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ing ‘‘2025 through 2029’’. 23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | •S 508 IS |
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| 82 | 82 | | SEC. 3. GUIDANCE. 1 |
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| 83 | 83 | | In providing guidance to States and local govern-2 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ments receiving grants under section 406 of the Federal 3 |
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| 85 | 85 | | Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1346), the Ad-4 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 5 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ensure that such guidance reflects innovations in testing 6 |
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| 88 | 88 | | technologies for water contamination. 7 |
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