H.R. 5063 Passed the House Public Lands and Natural Resources

Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act

To ensure continuity of staffing at Federal beaches, and for other purposes.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] Introduced August 29, 2025 Cosponsors 0 Latest action September 15, 2026

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Sep 15, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Sep 14, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Sep 14, 2026 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5563)
  4. Sep 14, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  5. Sep 14, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5063.
  6. Sep 14, 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5563-5564)
  7. Sep 14, 2026 Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  8. Aug 27, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 673.
  9. Aug 27, 2026 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-772.
  10. Jul 22, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  11. Jul 22, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  12. Jul 22, 2026 Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged

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