HR 3962
· 119th Congress
· Environmental Protection
ESTUARIES Act
Sponsor
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Dec 16, 2025
introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Environment and Public Works Committee
Dec 15, 2025
floor
Mr. Johnson (SD) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 15, 2025
floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5872-5873)
Dec 15, 2025
floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3962.
Dec 15, 2025
passed
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
passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5872)
Dec 15, 2025
passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 12, 2025
committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-400.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Dec 12, 2025
other
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 348.
Sep 17, 2025
committee
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Sep 17, 2025
committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Sep 17, 2025
committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 57 - 2.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Jun 13, 2025
committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Jun 12, 2025
introduced
Introduced in House
Jun 12, 2025
introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
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Introduced in House
Jun 12, 2025
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.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.R. 3962 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
+[H.R. 3962 Engrossed in House (EH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3962
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-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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-December 16, 2025
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-Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
-Public Works
_______________________________________________________________________
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Attest:
-KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
+Clerk.
+119th CONGRESS
-Clerk.
+1st Session
+
+H. R. 3962
+
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+AN ACT
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+To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the
+National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.
Cosponsors (26)
Members who signed on to support this bill.