HR 3962
Passed a chamber
Adds Mississippi Sound to the National Estuary Program and extends the program's authorization from 2026 to 2031, while barring the EPA from using certain program funds for the new estuary unless fiscal year 2026 funding rises by at least $850,000 over fiscal year 2024.
Official title: ESTUARIES Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
12-JUN-2025
Referred
12-JUN-2025
Approved by committee
17-SEP-2025
Reported
12-DEC-2025
On the calendar
12-DEC-2025
Passed
15-DEC-2025
Senate
Received
16-DEC-2025
- Adds Mississippi Sound, Mississippi, to the estuaries covered by the National Estuary Program under Section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
- Changes the program's reauthorization year from 2026 to 2031.
- Bars the EPA from using fiscal year 2025 national estuary program funds to implement the Mississippi Sound addition.
- Bars the EPA from using fiscal year 2026 program funds for that purpose unless total fiscal year 2026 appropriations are at least $850,000 more than fiscal year 2024 appropriations.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (12-JUN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (House)
- Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
- Environment and Public Works Committee (Senate)
Environmental Protection
■ 19 D■ 7 R
19 Democrats
7 Republicans