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Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act
To ensure continuity of staffing at Federal beaches, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Requires the Secretary of Interior to seek agreements with local government agencies to provide lifeguard services when staffing shortages occur at Federal swimming areas
- Allows local government lifeguards to staff Federal designated swim locations, ensure visitor safety, and provide rescue and first aid services
- Requires full reimbursement of all reasonable costs incurred by local government agencies providing lifeguard services
- Requires amendment of existing agreements to provide full reimbursement of reasonable costs regardless of original cost-sharing terms
- Applies to swimming areas on lands managed by the National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Reclamation
- Excludes temporary staffing shortages caused by employee absences such as annual or sick leave
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Actions (7)
- Jul 22, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. · house
- Jul 22, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Jul 22, 2026 Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged · house
- Dec 2, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- Nov 25, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. · house
- Aug 29, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Aug 29, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 29, 2025
Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To ensure continuity of staffing at Federal beaches, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act”.
SEC. 2. ADEQUATE LIFEGUARD STAFFING AT FEDERAL SWIMMING AREAS AND BEACHES.
(a) In General.—If the Secretary determines there is a staffing shortage with respect to a designated swim location, the Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement with one or more local government agencies to enable lifeguards employed by those local government agencies to—
(1) adequately staff such designated swim location during normal seasonal operating hours; and
(2) ensure visitor safety and provide rescue and first aid services at the designated swim location as necessary.
(b) Reimbursement.—
(1) In general.—In entering into an agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the local government agency providing the lifeguard services is reimbursed for all reasonable costs incurred by the local government agency in carrying out the agreement.
(2) Current agreements.—If an agreement has been entered into by the Secretary and a local government agency for lifeguard services at a designated swim location on or before the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall amend such agreement as necessary to provide for the reimbursement of the local government agency for all reasonable costs incurred by the local government agency in carrying out the agreement, regardless of the terms of the original agreement relating to cost sharing.
(c) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Designated swim location.—The term “designated swim location” means a swimming area or swimming beach—
(A) on lands and waters managed by the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Bureau of Reclamation; and
(B) that is typically monitored by federally employed lifeguards during normal seasonal operating hours.
(2) Staffing shortage.—
(A) In general.—The term “staffing shortage” means a level of staffing that negatively impacts the ability to adequately staff a designated swim location with federally employed lifeguards and will likely result or has resulted in a designated swim location being left unmonitored by federally employed lifeguards during normal seasonal operating hours.
(B) Exclusion.—The term “staffing shortage” does not refer to short-term staffing shortages caused by temporary absences, such as an employee taking annual or sick leave.
(3) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior. <all>
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