HR 5063 119th Congress

Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summary

Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act This bill establishes requirements to ensure an adequate staff of lifeguards at swimming areas and swimming beaches managed by the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Bureau of Reclamation that are typically monitored by federally employed lifeguards during normal seasonal operating hours. If the Department of the Interior determines there is a staffing shortage of lifeguards that will leave a swimming area or beach unmonitored by federally employed lifeguards during normal seasonal operating hours, Interior may enter into an agreement with local government agencies to provide lifeguards. Interior must ensure that a local government agency providing lifeguard services is reimbursed for all reasonable costs it incurred in carrying out the agreement. The bill does not apply to short-term staffing shortages caused by temporary absences, such as an employee taking annual or sick leave.

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2026-09-15T00:00:00

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2026-09-14T00:00:00

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

2026-09-14T00:00:00

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5563)

2026-09-14T00:00:00

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

2026-09-14T00:00:00

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5063.

2026-09-14T00:00:00

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5563-5564)

2026-09-14T00:00:00

Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

2026-08-27T00:00:00

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 673.

2026-08-27T00:00:00

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-772.

2026-08-27T00:00:00

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-772.

2026-07-22T00:00:00

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

2026-07-22T00:00:00

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

2026-07-22T00:00:00

Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged

2025-12-02T00:00:00

Subcommittee Hearings Held

2025-11-25T00:00:00

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

2025-08-29T00:00:00

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

2025-08-29T00:00:00

Introduced in House

2025-08-29T00:00:00

Introduced in House

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Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act

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