HR 3962 · ESTUARIES Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Introduced
- Jun 12, 2025
- Latest action
- Dec 16, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Shomari Figures [D-AL-2]
- Policy area
- Environmental Protection
- Cosponsors
- 26
Summary
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 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.
Recent actions
- Dec 16, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Dec 15, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 15, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5872)
- Dec 15, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5872)
- Dec 15, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3962.
- Dec 15, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5872-5873)
- Dec 15, 2025 Mr. Johnson (SD) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 12, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 348.
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.