House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
ESTUARIES Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Shomari Figures D-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
- Committee actionSep 17, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 15, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3962.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-400 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 12, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/400
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3962, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3962
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FIGURES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2822):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 3962, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
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- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
26 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 19 Democrats
7 of 26 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Rick Larsen (D-WA), George Latimer (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Brian Mast (R-FL), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shomari Figures.
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- H.Res. 1086 (119th) Recognizing the historical significance of the Clotilda, condemning the United States role in the Atlantic slave trade, and acknowledging…
- H.R. 5849 (119th) USCP Act
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Related bills
- S. 2063 (119th) ESTUARIES Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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