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119-hres-1444119th Congress

Expressing support for maintaining the designation of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

Sponsored By: Representative Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7]

Introduced

Summary

Keep the Delaware Water Gap designated as a national recreation area to protect local access to outdoor activities. The bill would oppose redesignating the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area as a national park and preserve and warns that such a change could limit recreational activities and strain nearby communities.

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  • Visitors and families: Seeks to preserve local access to fishing, hunting, hiking, boating, camping, canoeing and other outdoor activities currently enjoyed in the area.
  • Local communities and businesses: Aims to avoid the infrastructure strain and financial and economic losses the resolution says could follow a redesignation.
  • Municipalities and gateway communities: Calls for continued cooperative, locally driven relationships instead of more centralized federal management.
  • Wildlife and conservation: Notes the area hosts rare, threatened, and endangered species and frames the recreation-area status as compatible with protecting those resources.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7]

NJ • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 7/21/2026

Roll Call Votes

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