House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Hudson River Protection Act
Official title: To amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit anchoring in certain locations of the Hudson River, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick Ryan D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2959.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RYAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 67, April 17, 2025, Page H1613):Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2959, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 noteThe text of H.R.2959 is contained in the text of S.1071, which became Public Law 119-60.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2959, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ffb0414c1f121b40710a1c2351e468047b8004d917628953b61e9132b15605dd
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.