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Van Drew tells Appropriations subcommittee COVID-era fisheries clawbacks threaten New Jersey fisheries, urges funding to stop collections
Summary
Mister Van Drew told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that COVID-era NOAA relief was later subject to recalculation by New Jersey DEP, producing clawbacks that he says threaten dozens of fisheries; he asked the committee to consider an appropriation to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to repay NOAA and halt collections.
Mister Van Drew of New Jersey told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science that changes by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to how relief payments were calculated have resulted in repayment demands that are placing fisheries at risk.
Van Drew described funds Congress appropriated during the COVID era — via the CARES Act and the fiscal 2021 omnibus — that were distributed…
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