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H.R. 5063119th CongressPublic Lands and Natural Resources
Safe Beaches, Safe Swimmers Act
Sponsored by Rep. Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA) · 0 active
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate11 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedSep 14, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSafe 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.
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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.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Federal Lands · HouseDischarged from · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Intergovernmental relations
- Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
- Seashores and lakeshores
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 11Swing 70–100
- 70Middle 30–70
- 19Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
0 activeThis bill has no cosponsors.
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
