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The bill extends federal grant authorization for Long Island Sound restoration through 2029, providing planning certainty and continued local environmental and public-health benefits while increasing federal spending and creating a small risk of an administrative/funding gap and temporary paperwork complications.
State and local governments (and their restoration partners) keep access to federal grants through 2029, giving multi-year funding certainty to plan and carry out Long Island Sound restoration projects.
Communities around Long Island Sound (both urban and rural) continue to receive support for pollution control, habitat restoration, and stewardship projects that improve water quality and local environmental health.
Taxpayers may face increased federal spending commitments to extend grant authorization, which could raise budgetary pressure or necessitate offsets elsewhere.
A short gap in the authorization years (the bill moves from 2019–2023 to 2025–2029) could create ambiguity about funding for the omitted year (2024) unless addressed, potentially disrupting planning or awards.
Technical renumbering and conforming edits required by the extension could temporarily complicate cross-references in existing contracts, guidance, or grant documents for state and local partners.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Extends authorization for Long Island Sound restoration and stewardship grant programs to cover 2025–2029 and makes a technical statutory renumbering.
Introduced January 9, 2025 by Nicholas LaLota · Last progress January 9, 2025
Extends the authorized time frame for federal grant programs that support restoration and stewardship efforts in the Long Island Sound region by replacing the prior authorization years with a new 2025–2029 authorization period and makes a technical renumbering of a statutory paragraph. The measure does not appropriate funding or create new programs; it updates statutory authorization dates so grant programs may continue to be funded if appropriations follow.