# 116-hr-8348: New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act

116-hr-8348, New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8348
- Congress: 116
- Title: New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Introduced: 2020-09-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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)

- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7] (D-NJ), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2020-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-3589: Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8348 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8348)

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- [116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7197)
- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
- [116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4104)
- [116-hr-3589: Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3589)
- [116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2694)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8348 (as of 2025-11-18).