Hudson River Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2959 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2959

To amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit anchoring in certain locations of
               the Hudson River, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2025

 Mr. Ryan (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill;
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL

To amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit anchoring in certain locations of
               the Hudson River, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hudson River Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. ANCHORAGES.

    Section 8437 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) is
amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (d) and (e);
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Prohibition.--The Commandant shall prohibit any vessel
anchoring on the reach of the Hudson River described in subsection (a)
unless such anchoring is within anchorage grounds established before
January 1, 2021.''.
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