House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BEACH Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to grants for beach monitoring, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. David Joyce R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 583.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 12, January 21, 2025, Page H258):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 583, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/583
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
38 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 29 Democrats
29 of 38 cosponsors (76%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Dave Min (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), James Moylan (R-GU), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), David Rouzer (R-NC) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Joyce.
- H.R. 2853 (119th) Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025
- H.R. 9327 (119th) PEARL Act
- H.R. 1005 (119th) Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act
- H.R. 5166 (119th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 8495 (119th) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027
- H.R. 1477 (119th) Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 508 (119th) BEACH Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.