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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 3962
ESTUARIES Act
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Introduced 2025-06-12Topic: environment · budgetSummary
Summary by the Congressional Research ServiceEnhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of America’s Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act or the ESTUARIES Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 grants provided under the National Estuary Program to protect and restore estuaries of national significance. Estuaries are coastal waterbodies where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with the ocean’s saltwater. Under the existing program, the Environmental Protection Agency provides grants for (1) developing and implementing comprehensive conservation and management plans for estuaries of national significance, and (2) addressing issues that threaten the ecological and economic well-being of such estuaries. The existing program provides grants to states, regional water pollution control agencies and entities, state coastal zone management agencies, interstate agencies, other public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, organizations, and individuals.
Sponsors
- Shomari Figures Democrat sponsor
- 26 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | refer |
| 2025-12-15 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | |
| 2025-12-15 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5872) | |
| 2025-12-15 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5872) | floor pass | |
| 2025-12-15 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3962. | |
| 2025-12-15 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5872-5873) | |
| 2025-12-15 | House | Mr. Johnson (SD) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | |
| 2025-12-12 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 348. | |
| 2025-12-12 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-400. | report |
| 2025-12-12 | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-400. | report | |
| 2025-09-17 | House | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 2. | refer |
| 2025-09-17 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held | refer |
| 2025-09-17 | House | Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged | refer |
| 2025-06-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. | refer |
| 2025-06-12 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | refer |
| 2025-06-12 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-06-12 | Introduced in House | introduce |