119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jun 12, 2025
ESTUARIES Act of 2025
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Jun 12, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Environmental Protection
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jun 12, 2025)
Enhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of America’s Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act of 2025 or the ESTUARIES Act of 2025
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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced in Senate
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Intergovernmental relations · Marine pollution · State and local government operations · Water quality · Wetlands
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ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS · lobbying firm or registrant: ESP ADVISORS, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S.2063, ESTUARIES Act; S.4949, Water Resources Development Act of 2026, including National Estuary Program reauthorization and Mississippi Sound provisions; House and…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATURE CONSERVANCY · lobbying firm or registrant: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$460,000
Spent on own lobbying
…orest Management Act [no bill number] Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 (H.R.9171) ESTUARIES Act (H.R.3962/S.2063) Ecosystem Restoration Permitting Act [no bill number] Fix Our Forests Act (H.R.471/S.1462) Forest Data Modernization Act of 2025 (H.R.1213/S.517) Grand Ronde…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS · lobbying firm or registrant: ESP ADVISORS, LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S.2063, Enhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of Americas Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act or the ESTUARIES Act; National Estuaries Week Resolution (f…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATURE CONSERVANCY · lobbying firm or registrant: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 21, 2026 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$640,000
Spent on own lobbying
…662) Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act (H.R.231/S.154) Digital Coast Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R.4256/S.2245) ESTUARIES Act (H.R.3962/S.2063) Fix Our Forests Act (H.R.471/S.1462) Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2025 (H.R.3476/S.1050) FY25 Appropriations, including: -Commerce, Justice, Sc…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS · lobbying firm or registrant: ESP ADVISORS, LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R.3962, Enhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of Americas Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act or the ESTUARIES Act; S.2063, Enhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of Americas Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act or the ESTUARIES Act; H.R.6422, American Water Stewardship…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATURE CONSERVANCY · lobbying firm or registrant: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Clean Air and Water (quality)
$1,290,000
Spent on own lobbying
…(S.3403) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities for All Act of 2025 (H.R.4560) Columbia River Clean-Up Act (H.R.4675/S.2415) ESTUARIES Act (H.R.3962/S.2063) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R.4553/S.3293) Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act (H.R.6256/S.1564) Great L…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATURE CONSERVANCY · lobbying firm or registrant: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$1,290,000
Spent on own lobbying
…nvironment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R.4754/S.2431) Digital Coast Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R.4256/S.2245) ESTUARIES Act (H.R.3962/S.2063) Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R.4553/S.3293) FY25 Concurrent Budget Resolution (H.Con.Res.14/S.ConRes.7) Fix O…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS · lobbying firm or registrant: ESP ADVISORS, LLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Natural Resources
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R.3962, Enhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of Americas Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act or the ESTUARIES Act; S.2063, Enhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of Americas Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act or the ESTUARIES Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATURE CONSERVANCY · lobbying firm or registrant: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 21, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$790,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tment of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R.4754/S.2431) Digital Coast Act (H.R.4256/S.2245) ESTUARIES Act (H.R.3962/S.2063) Fix Our Forests Act (H.R.471/S.1462) Forest Data Modernization Act of 2025 (H.R.1213/S.517) Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2025 (H.R.284/S.5…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATURE CONSERVANCY · lobbying firm or registrant: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 22, 2025 · issue area: Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
$2,270,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ation Act (no bill number) Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 Digital Coast Act (H.R.4256/S.2245) ESTUARIES Act (H.R.3962/S.2063) Fisheries management (no bill number - executive) Fix Our Forests Act (H.R.471) Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act (S.1564) Full-Year Continuing Appropri…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing