119-hr5852

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5852 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5852

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Upper Raritan 
 River Watershed in the State of New Jersey for study for potential 
 addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 28, 2025

Mr. Kean (for himself and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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 A BILL

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Upper Raritan 
 River Watershed in the State of New Jersey for study for potential 
 addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 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 ``Upper Raritan River Watershed Wild 
and Scenic River Study Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF UPPER RARITAN RIVER WATERSHED IN NEW JERSEY FOR 
 STUDY FOR POTENTIAL ADDITION TO NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC 
 RIVERS SYSTEM.

    (a) Designation.--

Section 5

    (a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1276

    (a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (147) Upper raritan river watershed, new jersey.--The 
 segments of the North Branch Raritan River, the South Branch 
 Raritan River, the Black or Lamington River, and their 
 tributaries, within the Upper Raritan River watershed, 
 including, but not limited to, the following segments:
 ``
        (A) The North Branch Raritan River from its 
 headwaters to its confluence with the South Branch 
 Raritan River.
 ``
        (B) The South Branch Raritan River from its 
 headwaters to its confluence with the North Branch 
 Raritan River.
 ``
            (C) The Lamington-Black River from its headwaters 
 to its confluence with the North Branch Raritan River.
 ``
            (D) All tributaries of the North Branch Raritan 
 River, South Branch Raritan River (including those 
 upstream of the Spruce Run Reservoir), and Lamington-
 Black River within the Upper Raritan River 
 watershed.''.

    (b) Time for Submission.--

Section 5

    (b) of the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276

    (b) ) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
 ``

    (24) Upper raritan river watershed, new jersey.--Not 
 later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made 
 available to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary of the 
 Interior shall--
 ``
        (A) complete the study of the Upper Raritan River 
 Watershed, New Jersey, named in paragraph

    (147) of 
 subsection

    (a) ; and
 ``
        (B) submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
 Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 
 Resources of the House of Representatives a report that 
 describes the results of the study.''.
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