I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5063 
To ensure continuity of staffing at Federal beaches, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 29, 2025 
Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To ensure continuity of staffing at Federal beaches, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Beaches, Safe 
Swimmers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADEQUATE LIFEGUARD STAFFING AT FEDERAL 
SWIMMING AREAS AND BEACHES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines there 
is a staffing shortage with respect to a designated swim 
location, the Secretary shall seek to enter into an agree-
ment with one or more local government agencies to enable 
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lifeguards employed by those local government agencies 
to— 
(1) adequately staff such designated swim loca-
tion during normal seasonal operating hours; and 
(2) ensure visitor safety and provide rescue and 
first aid services at the designated swim location as 
necessary. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In entering into an agree-
ment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall en-
sure that the local government agency providing the 
lifeguard services is reimbursed for all reasonable 
costs incurred by the local government agency in 
carrying out the agreement. 
(2) CURRENT AGREEMENTS.—If an agreement 
has been entered into by the Secretary and a local 
government agency for lifeguard services at a des-
ignated swim location on or before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall amend 
such agreement as necessary to provide for the reim-
bursement of the local government agency for all 
reasonable costs incurred by the local government 
agency in carrying out the agreement, regardless of 
the terms of the original agreement relating to cost 
sharing. 
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DESIGNATED SWIM LOCATION.—The term 
‘‘designated swim location’’ means a swimming area 
or swimming beach— 
(A) on lands and waters managed by the 
National Park Service, the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Man-
agement, or the Bureau of Reclamation; and 
(B) that is typically monitored by federally 
employed lifeguards during normal seasonal op-
erating hours. 
(2) STAFFING SHORTAGE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘staffing 
shortage’’ means a level of staffing that nega-
tively impacts the ability to adequately staff a 
designated swim location with federally em-
ployed lifeguards and will likely result or has 
resulted in a designated swim location being left 
unmonitored by federally employed lifeguards 
during normal seasonal operating hours. 
(B) 
EXCLUSION.—The 
term 
‘‘staffing 
shortage’’ does not refer to short-term staffing 
shortages caused by temporary absences, such 
as an employee taking annual or sick leave. 
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(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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