119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 11, 2025
BEACH Act of 2025
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Feb 11, 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 (Feb 11, 2025)
Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2025 or the BEACH Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 and expands an existing program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that awards grants to states and local governments to (1) monitor the water quality of coastal recreational waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are used by the public; and (2) notify the public, local governments, and the EPA when the water is not safe for recreational activities.
Specifically, the bill expands the program to allow the EPA to award grants for identifying sources of contamination (i.e., pathogens) for coastal recreation waters. It also allows grants to be used for monitoring and notification of contamination in (1) shallow waters upstream from recreational waters, and (2) recreational waters on beaches.
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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ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: ENVIRONMENT AMERICA, INC.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Clean Air and Water (quality)
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
Support reauthorizing the BEACH Act to test if waterways are safe for swimming (H.R.583, S.508); support the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act (H.R.7543); support the Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2025 (H.R.6668); PFAS National Drinking Water Standa…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. 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
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: ENVIRONMENT AMERICA, INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 16, 2025 · issue area: Clean Air and Water (quality)
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…r the Clean Water State Revolving Fund in FY26 appropriations; support the BEACH Act (Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2025- H.R.583, S.508)
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