{"id":"7273d3a5-9943-4811-acb9-a815b89886e2","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"s","billNumber":781,"title":"Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2025","displayTitle":"Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2025","abstract":"Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2025 This bill reauthorizes the Environmental Protection Agency's Long Island Sound programs through FY2029. The programs, which include a stewardship grant program, focus on conserving and restoring the estuary off the coast of New York and Connecticut.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>Federal funding for cleaning up and protecting Long Island Sound — the estuary between Connecticut and Long Island, New York — would be renewed through 2029. The Sound has faced decades of pollution from sewage, stormwater runoff, and nitrogen that fuel harmful algal blooms and dead zones. The reauthorization covers both EPA restoration grants and stewardship grants that protect coastal habitats and public access points used by the roughly 24 million people living in the Sound's watershed.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["ENVIRONMENT","DEFENSE","FOREIGN_POLICY"],"introducedAt":"2025-02-27T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-02-27T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/781","accountabilityFlags":{},"tldr":"Renews EPA cleanup and habitat grants for Long Island Sound through 2029, serving the roughly 24 million people in its watershed.","summaryStandard":null,"flagExplainers":{},"flagValence":{},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","chamber":"SENATE","policyArea":"Environmental Protection","legislativeSubjects":[],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.","latestTextVersion":"Introduced in Senate","textVersionUsed":"Introduced in Senate","dateAdded":"2026-04-16T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-04-16T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"7273d3a5-9943-4811-acb9-a815b89886e2","feedIdentityKey":"119/s/781","websiteBillId":"S-781","yourvoiceSummary":"Federal funding for cleaning up and protecting Long Island Sound — the estuary between Connecticut and Long Island, New York — would be renewed through 2029. The Sound has faced decades of pollution from sewage, stormwater runoff, and nitrogen that fuel harmful algal blooms and dead zones. The reauthorization covers both EPA restoration grants and stewardship grants that protect coastal habitats and public access points used by the roughly 24 million people living in the Sound's watershed.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T03:46:36.438491+00:00"}