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S. 2063 119th Congress Senate

ESTUARIES Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 12, 2025 Introduced by: Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Intergovernmental relationsMarine pollutionState and local government operationsWater qualityWetlands
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Jun 12, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jun 12, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Lobbying activity 9

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • ESP ADVISORS, LLC
    for ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
    for NATURE CONSERVANCY · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • ESP ADVISORS, LLC
    for ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
    for NATURE CONSERVANCY · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • ESP ADVISORS, LLC
    for ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS · California · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
    for NATURE CONSERVANCY · Virginia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

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 Cosponsors 1
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jun 12, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2063: ESTUARIES Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2063/
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"S. 2063: ESTUARIES Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2063/.
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S. 2063, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2063/.
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