BEACH Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5064
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2021-08-20
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2021-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-08-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2021 or the BEACH Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and expands a program that awards grants to state and local governments to monitor the water quality at beaches and notify the public when water is not safe for recreational activities. The bill expands the program to allow the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for researching and identifying specific sources of contamination at certain coastal recreation waters and taking actions to mitigate those sources.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5064 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 20, 2021 Mr. Joyce of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to grants for beach monitoring, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2021 or the BEACH Act of 2021 . 2. Coastal Recreation Water Quality Monitoring And Notification (a) Program Development and Implementation Grants Section 406 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1346 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following: (5) Research grants The Administrator may make grants to States and local governments to— (A) conduct research to identify specific sources of contamination at coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are monitored under a monitoring and notification program developed or implemented under this subsection; and (B) take actions, as specified by the Administrator, to mitigate such sources of contamination. ; and (2) in subsection (i) by striking $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 and inserting $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 . (b) Authorization of appropriations Section 8 of the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106–284 ; 114 Stat. 877) is amended by striking 2001 through 2005 and inserting 2022 through 2026 .