Additionally, she has helped to secure a Wild & Scenic designation for the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook, and is working to secure the same designation for 41 miles of the Housatonic River in Connecticut.
Work to secure a Wild & Scenic designation for 41 miles of the Housatonic River in Connecticut.
Occurrences
Evidence
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The U.S. Code lists the Housatonic River, Connecticut, as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system, including segments from the Massachusetts-Connecticut boundary to Boardman Bridge in New Milford, totaling about 40.3 miles. The notes cite Pub. L. 117-328, enacted December 29, 2022, for management of those Housatonic Wild and Scenic River segments.
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Congress.gov identifies H.R.7551, the Housatonic Wild and Scenic River Act of 2022, as sponsored by Rep. Jahana Hayes and introduced on April 21, 2022. CRS summarizes that the bill would designate specified segments of the Housatonic River in Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Assessments
The promised outcome was achieved: federal law now designates approximately 40.3 miles of the Housatonic River in Connecticut as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, which matches the rounded 41-mile commitment. Hayes also has direct candidate credit because she sponsored H.R.7551, the Housatonic Wild and Scenic River Act of 2022, which sought this designation before it was enacted in Public Law 117-328 on December 29, 2022. Because the provided campaign context is the 2024 reelection cycle but the enactment occurred before that campaign's resulting term, the available timing categories do not cleanly map to the delivery date, so timing is marked unknown rather than same_term or later_term.