[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 3962 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 348
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3962

                          [Report No. 119-400]

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
           National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2025

   Mr. Figures (for himself, Mr. Mast, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
  Haridopolos, Ms. Bonamici, and Mr. LaLota) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

                           December 12, 2025

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Castor of 
    Florida, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Fields, Ms. 
  Brownley, Mr. Latimer, Ms. McBride, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. 
Pappas, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Ezell, 
       Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. Menendez

                           December 12, 2025

  Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 
                               12, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
           National Estuary Program, 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 ``Enhancing Science, Treatment, and 
Upkeep of America's Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act'' or 
the ``ESTUARIES Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM.

    Section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1330) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking ``and Pensacola 
        and Perdido Bays, Florida'' and inserting ``Pensacola and 
        Perdido Bays, Florida; and Mississippi Sound, Mississippi''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (i)(1), in the matter preceding 
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2031''.

SEC. 3. INELIGIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO FISCAL YEARS 2025 AND 2026.

    With respect to the amendment made by section 2(1), the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not use for 
the implementation of that amendment, including, with respect to 
Mississippi Sound, Mississippi, convening a management conference, 
developing or carrying out a comprehensive conservation and management 
plan, or providing grants under section 320 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330)--
            (1) any amounts appropriated to carry out the national 
        estuary program under that section for fiscal year 2025; or
            (2) unless the total amount appropriated to carry out that 
        program for fiscal year 2026 is at least $850,000 more than the 
        total amount appropriated to carry out that program for fiscal 
        year 2024, any amounts appropriated to carry out that program 
        for fiscal year 2026.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 348

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 3962

                          [Report No. 119-400]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
           National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 12, 2025

  Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed