119-s508

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 508 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 508

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to grants for 
 beach monitoring, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 11, 2025

 Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
 Public Works

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 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Beaches Environmental Assessment and 
Coastal Health Act of 2025'' or the ``BEACH Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. COASTAL RECREATION WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND NOTIFICATION.

    (a) Program Development and Implementation Grants.--

Section 406 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1346) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (b) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1) --
            (i) by inserting ``, including nearby 
 shallow upstream waters,'' after ``coastal 
 recreation waters''; and
            (ii) by inserting ``or present on'' after 
 ``adjacent to'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (3)
        (A) --
            (i) in clause
            (i) , by striking ``and'' at 
 the end;
            (ii) by redesignating clause
            (ii) as clause
            (iii) ; and
            (iii) by inserting after clause
            (i) the 
 following:
 ``
            (ii) in the case of a State that uses 
 such grant to identify specific sources of 
 contamination pursuant to paragraph

    (5) , any 
 data relating to such identified sources of 
 contamination; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (5) Identification of specific sources of 
 contamination.--A State or local government receiving a grant 
 under this subsection may use such grant to identify specific 
 sources of contamination for coastal recreation waters, 
 including nearby shallow upstream waters, adjacent to or 
 present on beaches or similar points of access that are used by 
 the public.'';

    (2) in subsection

    (g)

    (1) --
        (A) by inserting ``, including nearby shallow 
 upstream waters,'' after ``coastal recreation waters''; 
 and
        (B) by inserting ``or present on'' after ``adjacent 
 to''; and

    (3) in subsection
            (i) , by striking ``$30,000,000 for each 
 of fiscal years 2001 through 2005'' and inserting ``$30,000,000 
 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029''.

    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--

Section 8 of the Beaches 
Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106-284; 114 Stat. 877) is amended by striking ``2001 through 2005'' 
and inserting ``2025 through 2029''.

SEC. 3. GUIDANCE.

 In providing guidance to States and local governments receiving 
grants under 

section 406 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1346), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall ensure that such guidance reflects innovations in testing 
technologies for water contamination.
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