Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2025

Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes the Environmental Protection Agency's Long Island Sound programs through FY2029. The programs, which include a stewardship grant program, focus on conserving and restoring the estuary off the coast of New York and Connecticut.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 288 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 288

   To reauthorize Long Island Sound programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2025

  Mr. LaLota (for himself and Mr. Courtney) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To reauthorize Long Island Sound programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Long Island Sound Restoration and 
Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF LONG ISLAND SOUND PROGRAMS.

    (a) Long Island Sound Grants.--Section 119(h) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1269(h)) is amended by striking ``2019 
through 2023'' and inserting ``2025 through 2029''.
    (b) Long Island Sound Stewardship Grants.--Section 11(a) of the 
Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006 (33 U.S.C. 1269 note; Public 
Law 109-359) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ``2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``2025 through 2029''.
    (c) Technical Amendment.--Section 119(g) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1269(g)) is amended by redesignating 
paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
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