Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2025
- senate
- house
- president
Last progress September 11, 2025 (2 months ago)
Introduced on January 14, 2025 by Daniel Scott Sullivan
Sponsors (16)
House Votes
Received in the House.
Senate Votes
Passed Senate without amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
Presidential Signature
AI Summary
This bill aims to better fight harmful algal blooms and low-oxygen “dead zones” in oceans, coasts, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. It continues federal work on this problem through 2030 and strengthens how agencies plan, monitor, and respond. Harmful algal blooms can make water unsafe, kill fish, hurt local economies, and threaten health. The bill requires a national plan every five years, adds the Department of Energy to the federal task force, and expands NOAA’s and EPA’s roles to track, predict, prevent, and reduce these events .
Key points
- Who is affected: Coastal and Great Lakes communities, inland towns near lakes and rivers, fishers, boaters, swimmers, and water utilities that face bloom-related risks .
- What changes:
- A stronger, regularly updated national action strategy at least every five years, with the Department of Energy joining the interagency task force .
- NOAA must build a national observing network to detect and forecast blooms and run an incubator to develop new tools to prevent and control them .
- EPA must enhance freshwater monitoring and forecasting in lakes, rivers, and reservoirs and expand related research and response efforts .
- When: The program is extended through fiscal year 2030, keeping efforts active and funded over the next several years .