2020: Fitzpatrick Voted For The GLRI Act Of 2019, Which Provided $375
Million In FY 2022 And Increased Funding Annually Through FY 2026 For
Watershed Conservation Efforts In The Great Lakes Region. In February
2020, Fitzpatrick voted for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act
of 2019, which would, according to Congressional Quarterly, "reauthorize
through fiscal 2026 an EPA program that coordinates watershed
conservation and management activities in the Great Lakes region. It
would authorize $375 million for the program for fiscal 2022, with
amounts increasing by $25 million annually to $475 million for fiscal
2026." The vote was on a motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
The House agreed to the motion and passed the bill by a vote of 373-45.
The bill ultimately became law. [House Vote 36,
2/5/20; Congressional
Quarterly, 2/5/20; Congressional
Actions,
H.R.4031]
2024: Fitzpatrick Voted To Reauthorize The Long Island Sound
Restoration And Stewardship Act. In July 2024, Fitzpatrick voted for ,
according to Congressional Quarterly, "the bill that would reauthorize
through fiscal 2028 the Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship
Act. It would authorize $65 million annually for the EPA to carry out
programs to restore and protect the environmental health of the Long
Island Sound. Eligible activities under the Long Island Sound
Conservation and Management Plan include grants for research,
restoration projects, public engagement and education programs, while
stewardship grants provided to state and local governments, nonprofit
organizations, and private landowners would be used to procure and
enhance ecologically important sites within the Long Island Sound
watershed." The vote was on passage. The House passed the bill by a vote
of 333 to 51. [House Vote 337,
7/8/24; Congressional
Quarterly, 7/8/24;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
5441]
2020: Fitzpatrick Voted For The Protect And Restore America's
Estuaries Act, Which Reauthorized The National Estuary Program And
Provided $50 Million Annually From FY 2022 Through FY 2026 To Conserve
And Manage Estuaries. In February 2020, Fitzpatrick voted for the
Protect and Restore America's Estuaries Act, which would, according to
Congressional Quarterly, "modify and reauthorize the EPA National
Estuary Program, which makes grants for the development and
implementation of plans to conserve and manage estuaries. It would
authorize $50 million in fiscal 2022 through 2026 for program grants.
Among other provisions, it would expand the list of regions that would
be given priority under the program and add requirements that funded
plans must meet, including to address effects of recurring extreme
weather events and to increase public education regarding the
estuaries' water quality conditions and ecological health." The vote
was on a motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill. The House agreed
to the motion and passed the bill by a vote of 355-62. [House Vote 35,
2/5/20; Congressional
Quarterly, 2/5/20; Congressional
Actions,
H.R.4044]
2025: Fitzpatrick Voted To Reauthorize A Nutria Eradication Program
Aimed At Conserving Marshland. In February 2024, Fitzpatrick voted for
, according to Congressional Quarterly, "the bill that would
reauthorize, through fiscal 2030, the 2003 law that established a
program to eradicate or control nutria and restore marshland damaged by
the semiaquatic rodent." The House passed the bill by a vote of 361 to
56. [House Vote 29,
2/4/25; Congressional
Quarterly, 2/4/25; Congressional
Actions, H.R.
776]
2024: Fitzpatrick Voted To Reauthorize Various Conservation, Wildlife,
And agriculture Programs Through 2030. In December 2024, Fitzpatrick
voted for , according to Congressional Quarterly, "the bill, as amended,
that would reauthorize for five years, through fiscal 2030, a number of
programs related to conservation, wildlife and agriculture. It also
would reauthorize, for the same period, the National Fish Habitat
Conservation program and increase the authority of the National Fish
Habitat Board. The reauthorized programs would include the Chesapeake
Bay Program, North American wetland conservation activities, the chronic
wasting disease task force, and a grant program related to losses of
livestock due to depredation by federally protected species." The House
passed the bill by a vote of 366 to 21. [House Vote 479,
12/3/24; Congressional
Quarterly, 12/3/24;
Congressional Actions, S.
3791]