Groundwater Rise and Infrastructure Preparedness Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4144 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4144 To require the Director of the United States Geological Survey to map future groundwater rise and conduct a study on its potential impacts to infrastructure and public health, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2025 Mr. Mullin (for himself and Mr. Garbarino) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Director of the United States Geological Survey to map future groundwater rise and conduct a study on its potential impacts to infrastructure and public health, 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 Groundwater Rise and Infrastructure Preparedness Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Sea level has risen 5 to 6 inches over the last 30 years along the United States Coastline and is expected to rise by an additional 8 to 15 inches by 2050. (2) The response of shallow, coastal groundwater levels to sea level rise will vary across different areas, complicating efforts by State, local, and Tribal policymakers to plan for the future. (3) Groundwater rise presents multiple threats to infrastructure and human health, such as increased flooding and soil liquefaction risk, destabilization of underground infrastructure and building foundations, contamination of drinking water, damage to sewage systems, and mobilization of underground contamination, but there has not been a national assessment of these potential impacts. SEC. 3. GROUNDWATER RISE. (a) National Groundwater Rise Forecast.-- (1) In general.--No