United StatesSafe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act
What it does
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.
More detail
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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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 15Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Latest
- Sep 14Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 14Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5563-5564)
- Sep 14DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5063.
- Sep 14Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5563)Passed House
- Sep 14Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Aug 27Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-772.
- Aug 27Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 673.
- Jul 22Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
- Jul 22Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 22Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- 2025
- Dec 2Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Nov 25Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Aug 29Introduced in House
- Aug 29Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.Introduced