H.R. 3962

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3962 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3962

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 16, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works

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AN ACT

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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''.

SEC. 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''.

SEC. 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.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.