New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2982.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2088):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause I The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation establishes the New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Program to coordinate and fund restoration activities throughout the Watershed.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗

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  228 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2982, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2982

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1a2e43c460e0b0aa50c9db841f19a5625d9fc08616ce0e0fd70ed637a00e0933

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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