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