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HR 679 104th Congress House Environmental Protection Estuarine area conservation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries New Jersey Water pollution control

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, eligible for priority consideration under the national estuary program.

Introduced: January 25, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Apr 6, 1995
See H.R.961.
Feb 6, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jan 25, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 25, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to give priority consideration to the inclusion of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, in the National Estuary Program.

What's happening now April 6, 1995

See H.R.961.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 961 Procedurally related Clean Water Amendments of 1995
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jan 25, 1995
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jan 25, 1995
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 679: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, eligible for priority consideration under the national estuary program.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-679/
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"H.R. 679: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, eligible for priority consideration under the national estuary program.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-679/.
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H.R. 679, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-679/.
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[H.R. 679: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, eligible for priority consideration under the national estuary program.](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-679/)
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