3.0.0 8348 2023-01-11T13:44:55Z 2023-01-11T13:44:55Z House HR 2020-09-22 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 164 (Tuesday, September 22, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TONKO:H.R. 8348.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H4716]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-09-22T13:00:15Z 2020-09-22 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2020-09-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-09-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000469 Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] Paul Tonko D NY 20 N S000248 Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15] JOSE SERRANO D NY E. 15 2020-09-22 True E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 16 2020-09-22 True W000822 Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] Bonnie Watson Coleman D NJ 12 2020-09-22 True P000604 Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] Donald Payne D NJ M. 10 2020-09-22 True V000133 Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] Jefferson Van Drew R NJ 2 2020-09-22 True M001203 Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] Tom Malinowski D NJ 7 2020-09-22 True K000394 Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3] Andy Kim D NJ 3 2020-09-24 False M001185 Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] Sean Maloney D NY Patrick 18 2020-09-29 False V000081 Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] NYDIA VELAZQUEZ D NY M. 7 2020-10-09 False 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 Water quality Water resources funding Water use and supply Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Environmental Protection 00 2020-09-22 Introduced in House 2021-08-12T12:00:33Z 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.

]]> New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act Display Title New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act Short Title(s) as Introduced New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act Introduced in House IH 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. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8348ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8348ih.xml 2020-09-22 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.