New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act
Latest action · Sep 22, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 22, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act
This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish the New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Program, a nonregulatory program with the purpose of coordinating 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.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 22, 2020 to Oct 9, 2020; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Sep 22, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Sep 22, 2020 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Sep 22, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Sep 22, 2020 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Sep 22, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Original | Sep 22, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Sep 24, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Sep 29, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Oct 9, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 22, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2020Introduced in House
- Sep 22, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 164, September 22, 2020, page H4716.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4677 | New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act | Reintroduced Bill | Nov 16, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct restoration and protection of the New York-New Jersey watersheds and estuaries hydrologically connected to New York-New Jersey Harbor, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Aquatic ecology
- Congressional oversight
- Due process and equal protection
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental education
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Floods and storm protection
- Intergovernmental relations
- Lakes and rivers
- Land use and conservation
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- New Jersey
- New York City
- New York State
- Outdoor recreation
- Public-private cooperation
- Seashores and lakeshores
- Water quality
- Water resources funding
- Water use and supply
- Watersheds
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
