House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act of 2025
Official title: To establish the New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Tonko D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 14, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 14, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5762.
- 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. 171, No. 169, October 14, 2025, Page H4537):Article I, Section 8, Clause ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5762, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5762
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 4, 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
27 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 22 Democrats
5 of 27 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), George Latimer (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), John Mannion (D-NY), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Analilia Mejia (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), Josh Riley (D-NY), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Tonko.
- H.R. 1355 (119th) Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act of 2025
- H.R. 8209 (119th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the school-based health centers grant program.
- H.R. 1106 (119th) Scientific Integrity Act
- H.R. 2586 (119th) Reentry Act of 2025
- H.R. 8241 (119th) Power for the People Act of 2026
- H.R. 5123 (119th) Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.