H.R. 2771: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program.

108th Congress · introduced 2003-07-17 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Became Public Law No: 108-328.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-07-17 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 108-328. (final step reached)
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Official title

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (which authorizes financial assistance to New York State for demonstration projects for the protection and enhancement of the quality of source waters of the New York City water supply system, including projects for comprehensive monitoring and surveillance and projects necessary to comply with the criteria for avoiding filtration) at previously authorized funding levels through FY 2010.

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Official text

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] · 28 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2771, A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (2004-04-27); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2771, A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program (2004-04-27)

Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr2771.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>

Record fed-us-cong108-hr2771 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108