Enhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of America’s Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act or the ESTUARIES Act 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
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1Short title
This section would give the Act its short title: the Enhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of America's Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act, also called the ESTUARIES Act.
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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 .
2National Estuary Program
This section would amend section 320(i)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(i)(1)) by replacing the year 2026 with 2031 in the text before subparagraph (A), extending the authorization for the National Estuary Program from 2026 through 2031.
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2. National Estuary Program
Section 320(i)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1330(i)(1) ), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), is amended by striking 2026 and inserting 2031 .
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of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
27
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
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NATURE CONSERVANCYvia THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
4 filings
JACOBS SOLUTIONS, INC.via JACOBS SOLUTIONS, INC.
3 filings
ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMSvia ESP ADVISORS, LLC
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