119th Congress Environmental Protection
H.R. 5762: New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act of 2025
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- Introduced (completed)
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- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill establishes programs to restore and protect the New York-New Jersey Watershed. The watershed is composed of all land area the surface water of which drains into the New York-New Jersey Harbor, the waters contained within that land area, and associated estuaries.
Specifically, the bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish the New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Program, a nonregulatory program, to coordinate restoration and protection activities among government entities and conservation partners throughout the watershed.
The bill also establishes the New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Grant Program, a voluntary grant and technical assistance program, to provide competitive matching grants to certain entities to implement restoration and protection activities for the watershed. The federal government may not maintain ownership of any land acquired under the bill except for the purpose of promptly transferring ownership to grant recipients.
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The bill ceases to have force or effect on October 1, 2031.
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Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PAOriginal
- Josh Gottheimer D-NJOriginal
- Dan Goldman D-NYOriginal
- Laura Gillen D-NYOriginal
- Thomas Kean R-NJOriginal
- Michael Lawler R-NYOriginal
- George Latimer D-NYOriginal
- Nicole Malliotakis R-NYOriginal
- Gregory Meeks D-NYOriginal
- Grace Meng D-NYOriginal
- Robert Menendez D-NJOriginal
- LaMonica McIver D-NJOriginal
- John Mannion D-NYOriginal
- Donald Norcross D-NJOriginal
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NYOriginal
- Frank Pallone D-NJOriginal
- Nellie Pou D-NJOriginal
- Patrick Ryan D-NYOriginal
- Josh Riley D-NYOriginal
- Thomas Suozzi D-NYOriginal
- Mikie Sherrill D-NJOriginal
- Ritchie Torres D-NYOriginal
- Nydia Velázquez D-NYOriginal
- Jefferson Van Drew R-NJOriginal
- Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJOriginal
- Herbert Conaway D-NJ
- Analilia Mejia D-NJ
Who scored on this bill
- 1Paul Tonko SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, reached a cosponsor milestone, introduced3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the House by Paul Tonko.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.