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119 HR 3962 : Enhancing Science, Treatment, and Upkeep of America’s Resilient and Important Estuarine Systems Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-12-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IIB 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3962 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 16, 2025 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works AN ACT To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes. 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 . 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 . 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. Passed the House of Representatives December 15, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.
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