S 2063 119th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Intergovernmental relations Marine pollution State and local government operations Water quality Wetlands

ESTUARIES Act of 2025

Introduced: June 12, 2025 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Jun 12, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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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.

What's happening now June 12, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Related & companion bills 1

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Environment and Public Works Committee
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Lobbying activity 6

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

Cosponsors 1

Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · Jun 12, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2063: ESTUARIES Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2063/

MLA

"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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[S. 2063: ESTUARIES Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2063/)