- Stage
- Passed first chamber
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 27
- Latest action
- Dec 16, 2025
What it does
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…
Official summary · Introduced in House · Jun 12, 2025
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Shomari Figures
- Adriano Espaillat
- Brian Fitzpatrick
- Brian Mast
- Chris Pappas
- Cleo Fields
- Donald Norcross
- Frank Pallone
- George Latimer
- Jared Huffman
- Jefferson Van Drew
- John Garamendi
- Julia Brownley
- Kathy Castor
- Kevin Mullin
- Maggie Goodlander
- Michael Lawler
- Mike Ezell
- Mike Haridopolos
- Nicolas LaLota
- Pramila Jayapal
- Rick Larsen
- Robert Menendez
- Sarah McBride
- Seth Moulton
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Troy Carter
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