Bills · 118th Congress · Environmental Protection

Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2023

Where it stands

  1. Introduced9/13/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 7/8/24
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 333–51 on July 8, 2024 (Roll Call 337 →). Received in the Senate on July 9, 2024. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · 7/8/24Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic193 Yea · 0 Nay · 20 Not voting
  • Republican140 Yea · 51 Nay · 29 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes the Environmental Protection Agency's Long Island Sound programs through FY2028. The programs, which include a stewardship grant program, focus on conserving and restoring the estuary off the coast of New York and Connecticut.

Full text on congress.gov ↗
Sponsor
Rep. Nick LaLota ( Republican · NY-1)
Cosponsors
7
Introduced
9/13/23
Policy area
Environmental Protection

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (18)
  1. 9/13/23Introduced in House
  2. 9/13/23Referred 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.
  3. 9/14/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  4. 1/17/24Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
  5. 1/18/24Subcommittee Hearings Held
  6. 6/12/24Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged
  7. 6/12/24Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. 6/12/24Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  9. 6/27/24Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-567, Part I.
  10. 7/8/24Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  11. 7/8/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4464-4466)
  12. 7/8/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5441.
  13. 7/8/24At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  14. 7/8/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4472-4473)
  15. 7/8/24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 333 - 51 (Roll no. 337). (text: CR H4464)
  16. 7/8/24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 333 - 51 (Roll no. 337). (text: CR H4464)
  17. 7/8/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. 7/9/24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.