PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT

Action: This bill ensures protection of forested watersheds for clean, safe drinking water and recreation opportunities in the Highlands region, which spans 3.5 million acres across New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania.

Result: Passed House → Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.

Date: 4/27/22

Action: This bill reauthorizes the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route through FY2025. The route extends along the eastern and southern coast of New Jersey for nearly 300 miles. It travels along the Raritan Bay from Perth Amboy to Sandy Hook, along the Jersey Shore at the Atlantic Ocean to Cape May, and along the Delaware Bay to the Delaware Memorial Bridge.

Result: Became law

Date: 7/26/2018

Action: This bill repurposes unused federal dollars to address various water quality challenges, such as harmful algal blooms (HABs), sea-level rise, acidification, pollution, erosion, hydraulic alterations, etc. These dollars will specifically invest in emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, eDNA, aquatic muck harvesting, and more.

Result: Introduced

Date: 2/8/2023

Action: The bill prohibits the U.S. Department of Interior from issuing leases for the exploration, development, or production of oil and gas in the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida Planning Areas of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.

Result: Introduced

Date: 3/1/2023

Action: This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from issuing or renewing a lease, issuing a permit, or recording a claim for any federal lands under any provision of law relating to the production, refining, harvesting, or extraction of minerals, timber, oil or natural gas, or any other natural resource or the production of energy, to China or specified entities or individuals affiliated with the Chinese Community Party. The bill prohibits transferring a title, lease, permit, recorded claim, or other interest to such entities or individuals.

Result: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Date: 3/10/23

Action: This bill tackles systemic problems with flood insurance, puts the program back on solid fiscal ground, and reframes the nation’s entire disaster paradigm to one that focuses more on prevention and mitigation to prevent the high cost of rebuilding after flood disasters. 

Result: Introduced

Date: 6/23/2023

Action: This bill reverses the dangerous Sackett decision by reinstating the historic and bipartisan, federal-state partnership that has protected our rivers, streams, and wetlands for over 50 years; establishing a clear, level playing field for businesses and industries to thrive while protecting our critical natural resources; and ensuring clean water for families and communities.

Result: Introduced

Date: 10/18/2023

Action: This bill provides a $1,000 annual tax credit for flood insurance.

Result: Referred to the House Ways and Means Committee 

Date: 10/18/24

Action: This bill adds new tax credits for investment in clean energy technologies, including generation, storage, carbon capture, and hydrogen production. 

Result: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Date: 7/28/22

Action: This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease or other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, Straits of Florida, or Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning areas.

Result: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

Date: 02/05/2019

Action: This bill would extend the deadline for National Disaster Resiliency Competition (NDRC) awardees to utilize the program’s funding until 2025. The grants help communities recover from disasters and become more resilient.

Result: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

Date: 06/22/2020