FRESHER Act of 2025
The FRESHER Act of 2025 requires the Secretary of the Interior to study stormwater runoff impacts from oil, gas, and mining operations on groundwater and aquifers. It mandates a specific analysis of measurable contamination, groundwater resources, and aquifer susceptibility to contamination in affected areas. The study must be completed within one year of the bill's enactment, with results reported to Congress. This bill directly affects oil, gas, and mining operations by establishing new federal study requirements for their stormwater runoff.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 18, 2025
Last action Nov 29, 2025
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Nov 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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Nov 18, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
lower
Nov 18, 2025
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 21 co-sponsors
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Jared Huffman
DDemocratic
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Adam Smith
DDemocratic
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Adelita S. Grijalva
DDemocratic
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André Carson
DDemocratic
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Brad Sherman
DDemocratic
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Diana DeGette
DDemocratic
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Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
DDemocratic
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
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James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
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Janice D. Schakowsky
DDemocratic
Co
Joseph D. Morelle
DDemocratic
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