# 119-hr-674: Northeast Fisheries Heritage Protection Act of 2025

119-hr-674, Northeast Fisheries Heritage Protection Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-674
- Congress: 119
- Title: Northeast Fisheries Heritage Protection Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Permanently bars commercial offshore wind development in Lobster Management Area 1.** It would also require a government-wide environmental review of how federal agencies handle Gulf of Maine wind projects. - Fishing families and shoreside businesses would keep access to a critical Gulf of Maine fishing ground that in 2023 produced about 113 million pounds of lobster worth $582.4 million. - Developers and federal agencies would be barred from receiving any lease, license, permit, or other authorization for commercial offshore wind in LMA 1. - The Comptroller General would have 120 days to study whether agency environmental review processes for Gulf of Maine wind projects adequately consider impacts on whales, finfish, fisheries-dependent communities, Tribal and cultural resources, and air quality.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- GAO study of Gulf of Maine wind: mixed, low. If enacted, the Comptroller General (GAO) would do a study of how federal agencies review offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Maine. The study would be due within 120 days after enactment. It would examine effects on whales, fish, seabed habitats, plankton, air quality and greenhouse gases, recre…
- Ban on wind in Lobster Area: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would bar any lease, license, permit, or other authorization to build commercial offshore wind energy inside Lobster Management Area 1. LMA 1 is defined by cross-reference to the EEZ Nearshore Management Area 1 in 50 C.F.R. § 697.18 (or a successor rule). The ban would apply no…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9401: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-674 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/674)

## Related
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- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-9401: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9401)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-674 (as of 2025-12-21).