HR 8348
116th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Aquatic ecology
Congressional oversight
Due process and equal protection
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Environmental health
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
New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 22, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 22, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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